Cleistocactus buchtienii

Cleistocactus buchtienii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Cleistocactus
Species:	C. buchtienii
Binomial name
	Cleistocactus buchtienii; Backeb.
Synonyms
	Echinopsis buchtienii (Backeb.) Anceschi & Magli 2013; Cleistocactus angosturensis Cárdenas 1956; Cleistocactus buchtienii var. flavispinus Cárdenas 1952; Cleistocactus orthogonus Cárdenas 1959; Cleistocactus ressinianus Cárdenas 1956; Cleistocactus sucrensis Cárdenas 1952; Cleistocactus tupizensis var. sucrensis (Cárdenas) Backeb. 1959;

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

Description

Cleistocactus buchtienii grows as a shrub with branched, rigid shoots at the base and reaches heights of growth of up to 1.5 meters (rarely up to 3 meters) with a diameter of up to 5 centimeters. There are about 16 to 19 (rarely up to 22) low ribs present, which are conspicuously notched. The needle-like, reddish-brown to straw-yellow spines are difficult to distinguish between central and radial spines. The 4 central spines are spread out and up to 3.5 centimeters long. The radial spines, which are 8 to 15 to 2 centimeters long, are slender and spread out.

The wine-red to bluish pink flowers are up to 6 centimeters (rarely up to 8 centimeters) long. The tips of the bracts are burgundy or greenish to dark green. The flowers are straight or very slightly curved, pointing slightly upwards, and are covered with short, dense hairs arising from the scale axils. The stamens do not protrude or hardly protrude, the style protrudes slightly to clearly from the flower. The spherical fruits tearing open at the base reach a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters. They are yellowish green at the base and light purple above.^[2]

Plant
Flower
Spines

Distribution

Cleistocactus buchtienii is found in the Bolivian departments of Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Santa Cruz at altitudes of 2500 to 2750 meters (rarely up to 3100 meters).

Taxonomy

The first description was in 1936 by Curt Backeberg.^[3] A nomenclature synonym is Echinopsis buchtienii (Backeb.) Anceschi & Magli (2013).

References

^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 117. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-03.

External links

Media related to Cleistocactus buchtienii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cleistocactus buchtienii at Wikispecies

[IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species_2010_p.-1] "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-09-03.

[Anderson_Eggli_2005_p._117-2] Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 117. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.

[Au_Cactus_Francophone_n901-3] "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-03.

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