Cleistocactus parviflorus

Cleistocactus parviflorus is a species of columnar cacti in the genus Cleistocactus.

Cleistocactus parviflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Species:
C. parviflorus
Binomial name
Cleistocactus parviflorus
(K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. 1904
Synonyms
  • Cereus parviflorus K.Schum. 1897
  • Echinopsis parviflora (K.Schum.) Anceschi & Magli 2013
  • Cereus areolatus K.Schum. 1897
  • Cleistocactus areolatus (K.Schum.) Riccob. 1909
  • Cleistocactus areolatus var. herzogianus (Backeb.) Backeb. 1959
  • Cleistocactus fusiflorus Cárdenas 1957
  • Cleistocactus herzogianus Backeb. 1934
  • Cleistocactus ianthinus Cárdenas 1956
  • Cleistocactus parviflorus var. aiquilensis F.Ritter 1963
  • Cleistocactus parviflorus var. comarapanus F.Ritter 1980
  • Cleistocactus parviflorus var. herzogianus (Backeb.) Backeb. 1963
  • Cleistocactus vallegrandensis Cárdenas 1961

Description

Cleistocactus parviflorus grows as a shrub with upright, green shoots that are slightly branched at the base and reaches heights of up to 3 meters with diameters of up to 4 centimeters. There are 12 to 15 clearly notched ribs. The different colored thorns are brown to yellowish to greenish. The 1 to 3 central spines are up to 2.5 centimeters long, the 5 to 9 marginal spines are up to 4 millimeters long.

The straight, red flowers are 3 to 5 centimeters long. The yellow fruits are up to 1 centimeter in diameter.[2]

Distribution

Cleistocactus parviflorus is widespread in the Bolivian departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba at altitudes of 1400 to 3000 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus parviflorus was made in 1897 by Karl Moritz Schumann.[3] The specific epithet 'parviflorus' is derived from the Latin words parvus for 'small' and -florus for '-flowered'. Robert Roland-Gosselin placed the species in the genus Cleistocactus in 1904. A nomenclature synonym is Echinopsis parviflora (K.Schum.) Anceschi & Magli (2013).

References
  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  2. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 123. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. Weber, Frédéric-Albert-Constantin (1904). Les Cleistocactus. Nice: Impr. Ventre. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.156757.
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