Browningia candelaris (Meyen) Britton & Rose

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Manuel Maria Caballero Prov.

• Locality

  3.6 km (by road) E of Saipina and 1.4 km E of San Rafael, on road to Pulquina.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1430 m. (4692 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.1017, -64.5556

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Cactaceae Browningia caineana (Cárdenas) D. R. Hunt
det. M. Nee, 2005
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Caballero, 3.6 km (by road) E of
Saipina and 1.4 km E of San Rafael, on road to Pulquina.
18°06’06”S, 64°33’20”W. alt. 1430 m.
Gentle slope of broad alluvial fan, between hills to the east and
well above the river valley. Grazed desert scrub with
Neoraimondia herzogiana, Harrisia tetracantha, Cleistocactus
candelilla, Cereus comarapanus, Browningia caineana,
Cercidium praecox.
Common here, to 8 m. tall; trunk to 20 cm. in diameter at the
base, with several (up to 20) erect stems, the first 1 or 2
segments looking bristly with the slender yellowish-tan spines.
Apparently no open flowers although numerous buds and some
old flowers; with prominent white lines of hairs on each
margin of the ovary scales.
Coll.: M. Nee, D. Villarroel & O. Colque
No. 53745	10 Dec. 2005
03858506