Cereus comarapanus Cárdenas

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Florida Prov.

• Locality

  7 km. (by air), 10.2 km. (by road) NNW of Mataral on road to San Juan del Potrero. Arid valley bottom of río San Juan.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1475 m. (4839 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.0458, -64.2403

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

235 SA
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Cactaceae
Cereus comarapanus C&rd.
det. R. Vazquez, 1994
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Florida, 7 km. (by air),
10.2 km. (by road) NNW of Mataral on road to San
Juan del Potrero. Arid valley bottom of rio San
Juan, with Prosopis kuntzei, P. alba, Iodina
rhombifolia, Capparis atamisquea, C. speciosa,
Cereus comarapanus, Opuntia salmiana.
18°02,45"S, 64° 14*25”W. alt. 1475 m.
Hulala" 4 m. tall, the stem 15 cm. in diameter, the
branches 4-7-ribbed. Old flowers reddish. Fruit
green, then reddish, held above the horizontal,
asymmetrical. Plant with much the appearance of
the caracor6, Cereus dayami Speg., but smaller in
all respects.
Coll.: M. Nee & I. Vargas C. 44801
03858577