Cleistocactus

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Cleistocactus
Borzicactus Websteramus, Cleistocactus, Huntington Desert Garden.jpg
Borzicactus websteramus, syn. Cleistocactus webstramus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Lem.
Species

49 species, including:

Cleistocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to 3,000 m (9,843 ft)[1] - of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina). The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.

The stems of these cacti are tall, mostly slender and often many-branched with numerous ribs with closely set areoles and spines. The flowers are tubular and the tips hardly open with only the style and stamens usually protruding.

Species and subspecies[]

  • (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt
    • Cleistocactus acanthurus subsp. acanthurus
    • Cleistocactus acanthurus subsp. faustianus (Backeb.) Ostolaza
    • Cleistocactus acanthurus subsp. pullatus (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • (Lem.) Lem.
    • Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. anguinus (Gürke) P.J.Braun & Esteves
    • Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. baumannii
    • Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. chacoanus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
    • Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. croceiflorus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
    • Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. horstii (P.J.Braun) N.P.Taylor
    • Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. santacruzensis (Backeb.) Mottram
  • Cárdenas
  • Backeb.
  • Cárdenas
  • F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • Cleistocactus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Mottram [2]
  • Cleistocactus × crassiserpens Rauh & Backeb.
    eine natürliche Hybride von und .
  • Cárdenas
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • R.Kiesling
  • (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt
    • Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. fieldianus
    • Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. samnensis (F.Ritter) Ostolaza
    • Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. tessellatus (Akers & Buining) Ostolaza
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Leuenb.
  • Backeb.
  • F.Ritter
  • Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
  • (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.
  • Madsen
  • Leuenb.
  • Cárdenas
  • F.Ritter
  • Cleistocactus morawetzianus Backeb.
  • F.Ritter
  • Cárdenas
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • F.Ritter & Shahori
  • F.Ritter
  • Cárdenas
  • (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • Cárdenas
  • (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt
  • F.Ritter
  • Cárdenas
  • Backeb.
  • (Haage ex K.Schum.) Backeb.
  • (Buining) G.D.Rowley
  • Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt
  • (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
  • (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
  • (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt
  • (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
  • Cleistocactus strausii (Heese) Backeb.
  • (Rauh & Backeb.) Leuenb.
  • Cleistocactus tarijensis Cárdenas
  • Rauh & Backeb.
  • Cleistocactus tominensis (Weing.) Backeb.
  • (Vaupel) Backeb.
  • F.Ritter
  • F.Ritter & Cullmann
  • Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt
  • (F.Ritter) Ostolaza

Synonymy[]

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus:

  • Akersia Buining
  • Bolivicereus Cárdenas
  • Borzicactella ex F.Ritter
  • Borzicactus
  • Borzicereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
  • Cephalocleistocactus F.Ritter
  • Cleistocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
  • Clistanthocereus Backeb.
  • Demnosa Fric
  • Gymnanthocereus Backeb.
  • Hildewintera F.Ritter
  • Loxanthocereus Backeb.
  • Maritimocereus
  • Pseudoechinocereus Buining (nom. inval.)
  • Seticereus Backeb.
  • Seticleistocactus Backeb.
  • Winteria F.Ritter
  • Winterocereus Backeb.

References[]

  1. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. ^ CactusWorld. Band 24, Nummer 1, S. 21.
  • Innes C, Wall B (1995). Cacti, Succulents and Bromaliads. Cassell & The Royal Horticultural Society.
  • The species list is referenced from http://www.cactiguide.com/ which is in turn referenced from several books which are listed on that site. The principal book listed here is The Cactus Family by Edward F. Anderson.

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