Cleistocactus
Cleistocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to 3,000 m (9,843 ft)[1] - of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina). The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.
| Cleistocactus | |
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| Borzicactus websteramus, syn. Cleistocactus webstramus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cleistocactus Lem. |
| Species | |
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The stems of these cacti are tall, mostly slender and often many-branched with numerous ribs with closely set areoles and spines. The flowers are tubular and the tips hardly open with only the style and stamens usually protruding.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
 | Cleistocactus acanthurus (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt | Peru |
.jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus baumannii (Lem.) Lem. | Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay |
 | Cleistocactus brookeae Cárdenas | Bolivia |
 | Cleistocactus buchtienii Backeb. | Bolivia |
 | Cleistocactus candelilla Cárdenas | Bolivia |
| Cleistocactus chotaensis F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss. | Peru | |
| Cleistocactus clavispinus (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza | Peru | |
| Cleistocactus dependens Cárdenas | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus ferrarii R.Kiesling | Argentina | |
_fieldianus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus fieldianus (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt | Peru (Amazonas, Ancash, Huanuco, Junin, Lima, Pasco, San Martin, Ucayali) |
| Cleistocactus granditessellatus (Rauh & Backeb.) Leuenb. | ||
| Cleistocactus grossei Backeb. | Paraguay | |
| Cleistocactus hildegardiae F.Ritter | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. | Argentina, Bolivia | |
 | Cleistocactus hystrix (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza | Peru |
 | Cleistocactus icosagonus (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss. | Ecuador, Peru |
 | Cleistocactus laniceps (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. | Bolivia |
| Cleistocactus leonensis Madsen | Ecuador | |
| Cleistocactus longiserpens Leuenb. | Peru | |
 | Cleistocactus luribayensis Cárdenas | Bolivia |
 | Cleistocactus micropetalus F.Ritter | Bolivia |
 | Cleistocactus morawetzianus Backeb. | Peru |
| Cleistocactus muyurinensis F.Ritter | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus orthogonus Cárdenas | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus pachycladus (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza | Peru | |
| Cleistocactus palhuayensis F.Ritter & Shahori | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus paraguarensis F.Ritter | Paraguay | |
| Cleistocactus parapetiensis Cárdenas | Bolivia | |
 | Cleistocactus parviflorus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. | Bolivia |
| Cleistocactus peculiaris (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza | Peru | |
| Cleistocactus piraymirensis Cárdenas | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus plagiostoma (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt | Peru | |
 | Cleistocactus pungens F.Ritter | Peru |
 | Cleistocactus reae Cárdenas | Bolivia |
 | Cleistocactus ritteri Backeb. | Bolivia |
| Cleistocactus roezlii (Haage ex K.Schum.) Backeb. | Peru | |
| Cleistocactus roseiflorus (Buining) G.D.Rowley | ||
 | Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt | Bolivia |
_(4441108206).jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus sepium (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss. | Ecuador |
| Cleistocactus serpens (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss. | Ecuador, Peru | |
_nanus.jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus sextonianus (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt | Peru |
 | Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose | Argentina |
.jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus strausii (Heese) Backeb. | Bolivia, Argentina |
| Cleistocactus sulcifer (Rauh & Backeb.) Leuenb. | Peru | |
| Cleistocactus tarijensis Cárdenas | Bolivia | |
_tenuiserpens.jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus tenuiserpens Rauh & Backeb. | Peru |
 | Cleistocactus tominensis (Weing.) Backeb. | Bolivia |
| Cleistocactus tupizensis (Vaupel) Backeb. | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus variispinus F.Ritter | Bolivia | |
| Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda F.Ritter & Cullmann | Bolivia | |
.jpg.webp) | Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt | Bolivia |
 | Cleistocactus xylorhizus (F.Ritter) Ostolaza | Peru |
Natural Hybrids
- Cleistocactus × crassiserpens Rauh & Backeb.(Cleistocactus icosagonus × Cleistocactus serpens).
Synonyms
The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus:
- Akersia Buining
- Bolivicereus Cárdenas
- Borzicactella H.Johnson ex F.Ritter
- Borzicactus Riccob
- Borzicereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
- Cephalocleistocactus F.Ritter
- Cleistocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
- Clistanthocereus Backeb.
- Demnosa Fric
- Gymnanthocereus Backeb.
- Hildewintera F.Ritter
- Loxanthocereus Backeb.
- Maritimocereus Akers
- Pseudoechinocereus Buining (nom. inval.)
- Seticereus Backeb.
- Seticleistocactus Backeb.
- Winteria F.Ritter
- Winterocereus Backeb.
References
- RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- Innes C, Wall B (1995). Cacti, Succulents and Bromaliads. Cassell & The Royal Horticultural Society.
- The species list is referenced from http://www.cactiguide.com/ which is in turn referenced from several books which are listed on that site. The principal book listed here is The Cactus Family by Edward F. Anderson.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cleistocactus.
- (in French) photos on www.AIAPS.org
- (in English) photos on www.cactiguide.com
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