Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.) D.R.Hunt

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Manuel María Caballero Prov.

• Locality

  8.7 km (by road) E of Saipina on gravel road to Pulquina

• Elevation

  Alt. 1710 m. (5610 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.1014, -64.5181

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.)D.R. Hunt
Alan R. Franck 18 February 2013
University of South Florida (USF)
HfcW YORK
BOTANICAL
. GARDEN
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Cactaceae Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.) D. R. Hunt
det. M. Nee, 2005
DEPTO. SANTA Cruz, Prov. Caballero, 8.7 km (by road) E
of Saipina on gravel road to Pulquina.
18°06’05”S, 64°31’05”W. alt. 1710 m.
Narrow canyon with arid thorn scrub vegetation with many
cacti {Harrisia tetracantha, Corryocactus pulquinensis, Opuntia),
and Achatocarpus praecox, Capparis atamisquea, C. speciosa,
Loxopterygium grisebachii, Cercidium praecox, Anadenanthera
macrocarpa, Ceiba boliviana, Aralia soratensis, Synandrospadix
vermitoxicus, Bougainvillea berberidifolia, Acacia furcatispina,
Jodina rhombifolia.
Branched. Flowers white.
ÄIÄ BOTANICAL GARDFN
03860007
Coll.: M. Nee, D. Villarroel
No. 53697
O. Colque
9 Dec. 2005
03860007