Echinopsis cuzcoensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Echinopsis |
| Species: | E. cuzcoensis
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| Echinopsis cuzcoensis (Britton & Rose) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
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Echinopsis cuzcoensis is a species of Echinopsis cactus found in Peru.[2]
Description
[edit]Echinopsis cuzcoensis grows tree-shaped with numerous, somewhat spreading branches and reaches heights of 5 to 6 meters. The cylindrical shoots are green. There are seven to eight low and rounded ribs. The areoles on them are 1 to 1.5 cm (0.39 to 0.59 in) apart. About twelve very strong, stiff thorns emerge from them and are swollen at their base. The thorns are up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long.
The funnel-shaped, white flowers are fragrant. They are open day and night. The flowers are 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Echinopsis cuzcoensis is widespread in the Cusco region of Peru at altitudes of 3100 to 3600 meters.
Taxonomy
[edit]The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1920 as Trichocereus cuzcoensis.[4] The specific epithet cuzcoensis refers to the occurrence of the species near the Peruvian city of Cusco. Nomenclature synonyms are Cereus cuzcoensis (Britton & Rose) Werderm. (1931) and Trichocereus cuzcoensis Britton & Rose (1920).
References
[edit]- ^ Assessment), Jose Roque (Global Cactus (2011-05-05). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ "Echinopsis cuzcoensis (Britton & Rose) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley — Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 226–227. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
External links
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Media related to Trichocereus cuzcoensis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Echinopsis cuzcoensis at Wikispecies
