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Corryocactus apiciflorus

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Corryocactus apiciflorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Corryocactus
Species:
C. apiciflorus
Binomial name
Corryocactus apiciflorus
(Vaupel) Hutchison 1963
Synonyms
  • Cereus apiciflorus Vaupel 1913
  • Erdisia apiciflora (Vaupel) Werderm. 1940
  • Corryocactus brachycladus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus erici-marae Cieza 2013 publ. 2012
  • Corryocactus huincoensis F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus matucanensis F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus maximus (Backeb.) Hutchison 1963
  • Corryocactus megarhizus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus melaleucus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus pilispinus F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus solitarius F.Ritter 1981
  • Corryocactus tenuiculus (Backeb.) Hutchison 1963
  • Erdisia fortalezensis F.Ritter 1964
  • Erdisia maxima Backeb. 1942
  • Erdisia tenuicula Backeb. 1956 publ. 1957

Corryocactus apiciflorus or is a species of columnar cactus found in Peru.[1]

Description

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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]

Distribution

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Corryocactus apiciflorus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of La Libertad, Ancash and Ayacucho.

Taxonomy

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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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  1. ^ "Name - Corryocactus apiciflorus Cárdenas". Tropicos. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 144. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
  3. ^ Engler, Adolf (1914). "Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie". Schweizerbart [etc.] ISSN 0006-8152. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. ^ "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). 1956-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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