Pygmaeocereus_bieblii

<i>Haageocereus bieblii</i>

Haageocereus bieblii

Species of plant

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

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Description

Haageocereus bieblii grows individually with spherical, green shoots up to 5 centimeters 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 millimeters long and 1 millimeter in diameter, may also be missing. The 3 to 10 comb-shaped marginal spines are white to dark yellow and 1 to 1.5 millimeters long.

The broad, funnel-shaped, white flowers are 6 to 7 centimeters long and 4.5 to 6 centimeters in diameter. Its flower tube is long and slender. The 6 to 10 millimeters long fruits are greenish red to brownish.[2]

Subspecies

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

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

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

  1. [1]
    "Pygmaeocereus bieblii in Tropicos".
  2. [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. [3]
    "Au Cactus Francophone :". Au Cactus Francophone (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-19.
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