Haageocereus fascicularis

Haageocereus fascicularis commonly known as 'Quisco de la precordillera de Arica' is a species of cactus from the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to southern Peru and northern Chile.

Haageocereus fascicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Haageocereus
Species:
H. fascicularis
Binomial name
Haageocereus fascicularis
(Meyen) F.Ritter
Synonyms
  • Cactus fascicularis (Meyen) Meyen 1834
  • Cereus fascicularis Meyen 1833
  • Echinocactus fascicularis (Meyen) Steud. 1840
  • Trichocereus fascicularis (Meyen) Britton & Rose 1920
  • Weberbauerocereus fascicularis (Meyen) Backeb. 1942
  • Echinopsis nothochilensis Anceschi & Magli 2013
  • Haageocereus chilensis F.Ritter ex D.R.Hunt 2005

Description

Haageocereus fascicularis grows as a shrub with ascending to upright, gray-green shoots that branch from the base and reach a length of 0.5 to 1 meter with diameters of 4 to 7 centimeters. There are eleven to 18 blunt ribs. The one or two straight central spines are 4 to 15 centimeters long. The seven to ten spreading marginal spines are 1 to 4 centimeters long.

The white, strongly scented flowers reach a length of 7 to 8.5 centimeters. Its pericarpel and flower tube are covered with hairs and reddish scales. The egg-shaped fruits are bright red.[1]

Distribution

Haageocereus fascicularis is distributed in Chile from Arica to Tarapacá.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus fascicularis was made in 1833 by Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen.[2] The specific epithet fascicularis means 'bundle-like, tuft-like'. Friedrich Ritter placed the species in the genus Haageocereus in 1980. Further nomenclature synonyms are Echinocactus fascicularis (Meyen) Steud. (1840), Cactus fascicularis (Meyen) Meyen (1843), Cereus fascicularis (Meyen) K.Schum. (1897, nom. inval.), Trichocereus fascicularis (Meyen) Britton & Rose (1920) and Weberbauerocereus fascicularis (Meyen) Backeb. (1942).

References
  1. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 333. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  2. Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1833). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2023-09-16.

The Cactus Family By Edward F. Anderson, Wilhelm Barthlott, Roger Brown

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