Neoraimondia arequipensis

Neoraimondia arequipensis, synonym Neoraimondia macrostibas, is a tree-like cactus (family Cactaceae) native to western Peru.[1] It was first described in 1835 as Cereus arequipensis.[1][2]

Neoraimondia arequipensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Neoraimondia
Species:
N. arequipensis
Binomial name
Neoraimondia arequipensis
(Meyen) Backeb.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cereus arequipensis Meyen
  • Cereus macrostibas (Schum.) A.Berger
  • Cereus macrostibas var. roseiflorus Werderm. & Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia arequipensis var. aticensis Rauh & Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia arequipensis var. rhodantha Rauh & Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia arequipensis var. riomajensis Rauh & Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia arequipensis subsp. roseiflora (Werderm. & Backeb.) Ostolaza
  • Neoraimondia aticensis Rauh & Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia gigantea (Backeb.) Backeb., nom. illeg.
  • Neoraimondia gigantea Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia gigantea var. saniensis Rauh & Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia macrostibas (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
  • Neoraimondia macrostibas var. gigantea Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia macrostibas var. roseiflora Backeb.
  • Neoraimondia roseiflora (Backeb.) Backeb., nom. illeg.
  • Neoraimondia roseiflora Backeb.
  • Pilocereus macrostibas K.Schum.

The species has the largest areoles of any cactus; up to 10 cm (4 in) long by less than half as wide. From these emerge spines up to 24 cm (9.4 in) long.[3] It is also the source of one ingredient in the psychoactive beverage cimora.[4][5]

References
  1. "Neoraimondia arequipensis (Meyen) Backeb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  2. "Neoraimondia arequipensis (Meyen) Backeb". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  3. Britton, Nathan L.; Rose, Joseph N. The Cactaceae - Volume 2 (1963 reprint ed.). New York: Dover Pubs. p. 182.
  4. Cruz Sánchez, Guillermo (1945). "Farmacología de la Isotoma Longiflorum". Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica. 4 (4): 284–318. ISSN 1726-4634.
  5. Schultes, Richard Evans (1981). "Iconography of New World Plant Hallucinogens". Arnoldia. 41: 80–125.
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