Lobivia ancistrophora

Lobivia ancistrophora (commonly called domino cactus,[2] night blooming hedgehog, Easter lily cactus[3]) is a species of cactus. It has a globular shape, few spines, with large, white flowers attached to long, green tubes. It occurs in Bolivia, at altitudes of 600–1800 metres.[4] Under its synonym Echinopsis ancistrophora it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]

Lobivia ancistrophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Lobivia
Species:
L. ancistrophora
Binomial name
Lobivia ancistrophora
(Speg.) Schlumpb. 2012
Synonyms
List
  • Echinopsis ancistrophora Speg. in 1905
  • Mesechinopsis ancistrophora (Speg.) Y.Itô 1957
  • Pseudolobivia ancistrophora (Speg.) Backeb. 1942
  • Echinopsis ancistrophora var. graulichii (Frič) J.Ullmann 2014
  • Echinopsis ancistrophora var. hamatacantha (Backeb.) Rausch 1977
  • Echinopsis ancistrophora var. polyancistra (Backeb.) Rausch 1977
  • Echinopsis hamatacantha Backeb. 1951
  • Echinopsis hamatacantha Backeb. 1934
  • Echinopsis leucorhodantha Backeb. 1934
  • Echinopsis lobivioides Backeb. 1934
  • Echinopsis obrepanda subsp. tapecuana (F.Ritter) G.Navarro 1996
  • Echinopsis pelecyrhachis Backeb. 1934
  • Echinopsis pelecyrhachis var. lobivioides (Backeb.) Friedrich 1974
  • Echinopsis polyancistra Backeb. 1933
  • Echinopsis subdenudata Cárdenas 1956
  • Echinopsis tapecuana F.Ritter 1965
  • Lobivia graulichii Frič 1931
  • Lobivia subdenudata (Cárdenas) Schlumpb. 2012
  • Mesechinopsis hamatacantha (Backeb.) Y.Itô 1957
  • Mesechinopsis leucorhodantha (Backeb.) Y.Itô 1957
  • Mesechinopsis lobivioides (Backeb.) Y.Itô 1957
  • Mesechinopsis nakajimae Y.Itô 1957
  • Mesechinopsis pelecyrhachis (Backeb.) Y.Itô 1957
  • Mesechinopsis polyancistra (Backeb.) Y.Itô 1957
  • Pseudolobivia hamatacantha (Backeb.) Backeb. 1942
  • Pseudolobivia leucorhodantha (Backeb.) Backeb. ex Krainz 1942
  • Pseudolobivia lobivioides (Backeb.) Backeb. ex Krainz 1942
  • Pseudolobivia pelecyrhachis (Backeb.) Backeb. ex Krainz 1942
  • Pseudolobivia pelecyrhachis var. lobivioides (Backeb.) Backeb. 1959
  • Pseudolobivia polyancistra (Backeb.) Backeb. 1942

Distribution

The grey-green, single plant body, slightly depressed at the top, is spherical and reaches heights of 5 to 8 centimeters with diameters of 7 to 12 centimeters. It has 10 to 12 straight, very sharp ribs on which there are small, cream-colored, elongated-elliptical areoles that are 1.5 centimeters apart. The thorns are grayish brown and often hidden in the areole wool. The upright central spine is up to 2 millimeters long. The 3 to 7 thorns swollen at the base are up to 1.5 millimeters long.

The white to light pink, narrow funnel-shaped flowers, slightly curved above the ovary, are 17 to 20 centimeters long. They appear on the side near the top of the shoot and open at night. The pale green flower tube is up to 15 centimeters long and reaches a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. The elliptical ovary is 15 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters wide. Its purple scales are pointed and have long white and black hairs. The 12 millimeter long style is white like the stamens.[6][7]

  • White flower
    White flower
  • Long tube
    Long tube
  • Multiple flowers
    Multiple flowers
  • In botanical garden
    In botanical garden

Distribution

Lobivia ancistrophora is widespread near Angosto de Villamontes in the Entre Ríos Municipality in the Tarija Department in Bolivia at altitudes of 600 meters. The distribution area possibly extends as far as Paraguay.

Taxonomy

The first description as Echinopsis subdenudata was made in 1956 by Martín Cárdenas.[8] The specific epithet subdenudata is derived from the Latin words sub for "under" and denudatus for "exposed" and refers to the insignificant thorns on the shoots. Boris O. Schlumpberger placed the species in the genus Lobivia in 2012.

See also

References
  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. Stearns, Jennifer. "February Succulent - Domino Cactus". Urban Sprouts. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  3. "Echinopsis subdenudata (Easter Lily Cactus)". World of Succulents. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  4. "Echinopsis subdenudata". The Encyclopedia of Cacti. Archived from the original on 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  5. "AGM Plants March 2020 © RHS – ORNAMENTAL" (PDF). rhs.org.uk. The Royal Horticultural Society. March 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 244. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  7. Backeberg, Curt (January 1983). Die Cactaceae : Handbuch der Kakteenkunde. 2. Cereoideae : (Hylocereeae - Cereeae [Austrocereinae]) (in German). Stuttgart New York: G. Fischer. p. 1283. ISBN 3-437-30381-3.
  8. "Cactus and Succulent Journal May-June 1956: Vol 28 Iss 3 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  • Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 28: 71 1956.
  • Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 4: 492. 1905
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