Soehrensia huascha

Soehrensia huascha, is a species of Soehrensia in the Cactaceae family, found in north western Argentina.[1] First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 29: 5 in 2013.[1]

Soehrensia huascha
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Soehrensia
Species:
S. huascha
Binomial name
Soehrensia huascha
(F.A.C. Weber) Schlumpb.
Synonyms
  • Cereus huascha F.A.C.Weber, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 151 (1893)
  • Echinopsis huascha (F.A.C.Weber) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley, I.O.S. Bull. 3: 95 (1974) Lobivia
  • huascha (F.A.C.Weber) W.T.Marshall, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 114 (1938) Salpingolobivia
  • huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Y.Itô, Expl. Diagr.: 141 (1957) Trichocereus
  • huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose, Cact. 2: 142 (1920)

Was formerly thought to be a species of Echinopsis.[2]

Description

The plants usually branch at the base and form low groups with heights of up to 1 meter. The cylindrical, fresh green, upright or creeping trunks with an erect shoot tip have 14 to 17 ribs and reach about 5 centimeters in diameter. The areoles, from which the yellowish to brownish, needle-like thorns arise, reach a diameter of up to 1 centimetre. The 1 to 3 central spines are slightly thicker than the radial spines and are between 2 and 7 centimeters long. The 9 to 11 radial spines are up to 1.5 inches long.

The funnel-shaped to bell-shaped flowers that appear near the apex are very variable. They open during the day and are up to 10 centimeters long and up to 7 centimeters in diameter. The olive green, 4.5 centimetre long flower cup is covered with 4 to 6 millimetre long, brownish to black hair.

The spherical to egg-shaped fruits are yellowish green or reddish and reach a diameter of up to 3 centimeters.

Subspecies

It has 2 accepted subspecies;

  • Soehrensia huascha subsp. huascha
  • Soehrensia huascha subsp. robusta (Rausch) Schlumpb.

References
  1. "Soehrensia huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. "Echinopsis huascha". Tropicos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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