Soehrensia camarguensis

Soehrensia camarguensis, is a species of Soehrensia found in Bolivia.[2]

Soehrensia camarguensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Soehrensia
Species:
S. camarguensis
Binomial name
Soehrensia camarguensis
(Cárdenas) Schlumpb.
Synonyms
  • Echinopsis camarguensis (Cárdenas) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley, I.O.S. Bull. 3: 94 (1974)
  • Trichocereus camarguensis Cárdenas, Revista Agric. (Cochabamba) 8: 17 (1953)

Description

Soehrensia camarguensis grows shrubby with columnar, cylindrical and light green shoots, which often consist of several curved, ascending branches and are up to 50 centimeters high. There are eleven to 15 very low ribs present. The needle-like thorns emerging from the areoles are yellow to greyish. The two to three (rarely up to five) central spines have a length of up to 5 centimeters. The twelve to 13 radiating radial spines are up to 3 centimeters long.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night. They grow 18 to 20 centimeters long. The spherical to ovoid fruits have a diameter of up to 2 centimeters.[3]

Distribution

Soehrensia camarguensis is distributed in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca, Potosí and Tarija at altitudes of 2700 meters.

Taxonomy

The plant was first described as Trichocereus camarguensis by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1953. It was once thought to be a species of Echinopsis.

First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 28: 30 (2012)[2]

References
  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. "Soehrensia camarguensis (Cárdenas) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 222. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
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