Corryocactus apiciflorus
| Corryocactus apiciflorus | |
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| File:Corryocactus maximus 02.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Corryocactus |
| Species: | C. apiciflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Corryocactus apiciflorus (Vaupel) Hutchison 1963
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Corryocactus apiciflorus is a species of columnar cactus found in the country of Peru. [1]
Description
[edit | edit source]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]
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]Corryocactus apiciflorus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of La Libertad, Ancash and Ayacucho.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]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
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External links
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