Haageocereus lanugispinus
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Haageocereus lanugispinus is a species of plant in the genus Haageocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet is derived from the Latin words lanugo for 'woolly covered' and spinus for 'thorny' and refers to the tiny hairs that cover the thorns.
description
Haageocereus lanugispinus grows with semi-recumbent, green shoots radiating from the base , which reach lengths of 10 to 20 centimeters with diameters of 1.2 to 2 centimeters. There are 13 to 14 ribs that are 1.5 to 2 millimeters high. The 30 to 40 unequal, needle-like, whitish thorns are covered with fine wool. They are 3 to 5 millimeters long.
The white flowers reach a length of up to 5 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Haageocereus lanugispinus is common in Peru in the Ancash and Lima regions.
It was first described in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter . Haageocereus lanugispinus is not well known.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . With a foreword by Wilhelm Barthlott and an article by Roger Brown on cactus cultivation and care. Translated from English, supplemented and revised by Urs Eggli. Ulmer , Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 334 (English: The cactus family . Portland 2004. Translated by Urs Eggli ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 132.
- ↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4, 1981, pp. 1395-1396.
Web links
- Photos at cactiguide.com