Cleistocactus sepium (Kunth) A.Weber

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Cotopaxi

• Locality

  vicinity of Salcedo, to the S.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2600 m. (8530 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -1.05, -78.58

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Botanical Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark (AAU)
in collaboration P. Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador
FLORA OF ECUADOR
Collected by J. Madsen
61107	Cactaceae
Cleistocactus sepium (H.B.K.)F.A.C. Weber
det J. E. Madsen, 1986 (AAU)
Province COTOPAXI
Vicinity of Salcedo, to the S. Xerophytic Dodonea-cacti scrub.
(78° 35' W 01° 03’ S) Alt 2600 m.	5 Nov 1985
Columnar, about 1 m high. Stem dark green. Flower zygomorphic, 6-8 cm long,
red or occasional orange. All tepals of one colour. Style white, a little violet
apically. Stigma-lobes about 8, green. Filament white, violet apically. Anther
violet. Fruit subglobose, 2-4 cm in diameter, 1.5-3.0 cm long, greenish to
yellowish green basically, dark green to brownish apically. Perianth persistent
Flesh of fruit white.
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