Corryocactus apiciflorus

Corryocactus apiciflorus or is a species of columnar cactus found in Peru.[1]

Corryocactus apiciflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Corryocactus
Species:
C. apiciflorus
Binomial name
Corryocactus apiciflorus
(Vaupel) Hutchison 1963
Synonyms
  • Cereus apiciflorus Vaupel 1913
  • Erdisia apiciflora (Vaupel) Werderm. 1940
  • Corryocactus brachycladus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus erici-marae Cieza 2013 publ. 2012
  • Corryocactus huincoensis F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus matucanensis F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus maximus (Backeb.) Hutchison 1963
  • Corryocactus megarhizus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus melaleucus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus pilispinus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus solitarius F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus tenuiculus (Backeb.) Hutchison 1963
  • Erdisia fortalezensis F.Ritter 1964
  • Erdisia maxima Backeb. 1942
  • Erdisia tenuicula Backeb. 1956 publ. 1957

Description

Corryocactus apiciflorus grows as a shrub with spreading or ascending, densely thorny shoots up to 50 centimeters long and 2.5 centimeters in diameter. There are eight low ribs. The individual central spine is up to 1 centimeter long. The approximately 10 spread out marginal spines are also up to 1 centimeter long.

The red flowers are up to 4 centimeters long. They appear in groups near the tips of the shoots or sometimes on the sides of the shoots.[2]

  • Fruits
    Fruits

Distribution

Corryocactus apiciflorus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of La Libertad, Ancash and Ayacucho.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus apiciflorus was made in 1913 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel.[3] The specific epithet apiciflorus is derived from the Latin words apex for 'tip' and -florus for '-flowered' and refers to the flowers that mainly appear at the tips of the shoots. Paul Clifford Hutchison placed the species in the genus Corryocactus in 1963. A nomenclature synonym is Erdisia apiciflora (Vaupel) Werderm. (1940).[4]

References
  1. "Name - Corryocactus apiciflorus Cárdenas". Tropicos. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 144. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
  3. Engler, Adolf (1914). "Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". Schweizerbart [etc.] ISSN 0006-8152. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). 1956-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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