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Cereus validus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cereus
Species:
C. validus
Binomial name
Cereus validus
Otto 1844 / Först 1846

El ucle o Cereus validus , es una especie fanerógama perteneciente a la familia Cactaceae.

Distribution edit

It is endemic to Catamarca , Chaco , Santiago del Estero Province, Córdoba , Formosa , northern San Luis , Jujuy , La Rioja , Salta and Santa Fe in Argentina 1 and Chuquisaca , Santa Cruz and Tarija in Bolivia . Inhabits arid forests of plain and mountains. It is a very unusual species in collections.

Description edit

It is a fleshy perennial shrub , very branched and cylindrical-columnar armed with thorns, green. It has branches of about 10 centimeters in diameter, grayish green and fleshy, with four to eight ribs. It has thorns up to 10 centimeters long, which appear in groups between 2 and 9.

Between September and December, it gives solitary flowers, large, with white and pink interior parts and external ones, pink. The fruits are a kind of prickly pear, large, fleshy, red at maturity, with lilac pulp and abundant tiny black seeds.

Taxonomy edit

Cereus validus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth and published in Philosophical Magazine and Journal 10: 420. 1831.[2]<

Etymology

Cereus: The name is derived from Greek (κηρός) and Latin words meaning "wax", "torch" or "candle". validus: Latin epithet meaning "robust.".[3]

Synonyms
  • Piptanthocereus validus
  • Cereus forbesii
  • Piptanthocereus forbesii

See Also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Cereus hankeanus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 21 August 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152176A121461728.en.
  2. ^ "Cereus validus". tropicos.org Missouri Botanical Garden.
  3. ^ En Epítetos Botánicos

Bibliography edit

  1. Fuentes Claros, A. F. 1998. Contribution to the woody flora of the lowland forests of eastern Santa Cruz; additions to the Guía de árboles de Bolivia. Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 2(1): 46–59.
  2. Kessler, M., T. Krömer & I. Jiménez. 2000. Inventario de grupos selectos de plantas en el valle de Masicurí (Santa Cruz--Bolivia). Revista Boliviana Ecol. Cons. Amb. 8: 3–15.
  3. Navarro, G. 1996. Catálago ecológico preliminar de las cactáceas de Bolivia. Lazaroa 17: 33–84.
  4. Serrano, M. & J. Terán. 1998 [2000]. Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca 1–129. PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo, Sucre.

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