Pilosocereus collinsii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley

  • Filed As

    Cactaceae
    Pilosocereus collinsii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley

  • Collector(s)

    O. F. Cook s.n. with G. N. Collins, 1902

  • Location

    Mexico. Oaxaca. Santo Domingo Tehuantepec Mun. Tehuantepec.

  • Description

    Photo for U.S. Dept. Agriculture.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02256588

    Occurrence ID: cd141ab5-de5c-4dfe-920e-c1866e55af53

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Oaxaca

  • County/Municipio

    Santo Domingo Tehuantepec Mun.

  • Locality

    Tehuantepec

  • Distribution

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On page 58, vol. n, insert:
49. Cephalocereus collinsii sp. nov.
About 3 meters high with few slender, elongated
branches, these 3 to 4 cm. in diameter; ribs about
7, obtuse; tubercles about 1.5 cm. apart, circular,
long-woolly as well as spjny, flowering areoles not much
numerous, acicular, longer ones 3 to 4 cm. long; flowers bo:
long; fruit somewhat depressed, about 3 cm. broad; seed i
Common in thickets near Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
by Dr. C. A. Purpus near Geronimo in April 1923. It
N. Collins from this region in 1902. The plant is namecj
to our attention more than 20 years ago while carry«
for the U. S. Department of Agriculture.	. 1
276	THE} CACTACEAE.
Figure 242 is from a photograph taken by Mr. Coll
natural size.
Fig. 242..—Cephalocereus collinsii.
STANDL,EY—TREES AND SHRUBS OF^ MEXICO	1677
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Cephalocereus collinqji Bptt. & Rose, Cactaceae 4> 269» 1923, Oaxaca,
the type from Gerónimo.
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