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Haageocereus bieblii

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Haageocereus bieblii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Haageocereus
Species:
H. bieblii
Binomial name
Haageocereus bieblii
(Diers) Lodé 2013

Haageocereus bieblii is a species of Haageocereus from Peru.[1]

Description

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Haageocereus bieblii grows individually with spherical, green shoots up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in diameter that barely protrude from the ground. The 10 to 25 barely recognizable ribs are divided into wart-like humps. The single central spine, which is 2 to 4 mm (0.079 to 0.157 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) in diameter, may also be missing. The 3 to 10 comb-shaped radial spines are white to dark yellow and 1 to 1.5 mm (0.039 to 0.059 in) long.

The broad, funnel-shaped, white flowers are 6 to 7 cm (2.4 to 2.8 in) long and 4.5 to 6 cm (1.8 to 2.4 in) in diameter. Its flower tube is long and slender. The 6 to 10 mm (0.24 to 0.39 in) long fruits are greenish red to brownish.[2]

Subspecies

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  • Haageocereus bieblii subsp. bieblii
  • Haageocereus bieblii subsp. kuehhasii (Diers) Ostolaz

Distribution

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Haageocereus bieblii is distributed in the Ancash region of Peru, northwest of Huaraz, at altitudes of 600 to 1800 meters.

Taxonomy

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The first description was made in 1995 by Lothar Diers.[3] The specific epithet bieblii honors the German cactus collector Wolfgang Biebl. A nomenclature synonym is Pygmaeocereus bieblii Diers (1995)

References

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  1. ^ "Pygmaeocereus bieblii in Tropicos".
  2. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 556. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ^ "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-19.
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