Soehrensia strigosa

Soehrensia strigosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Soehrensia
Species:
S. strigosa
Binomial name
Soehrensia strigosa
(Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb.
Synonyms
  • Cereus intricatus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 194 (1850)
  • Cereus myriophyllus Gillies ex Otto, Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 365 (1833)
  • Cereus strigosus Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 334 (1834)
  • Cereus strigosus var. intricatus (Salm-Dyck) F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 68 (1897)
  • Cereus strigosus var. longispinus W.Maass, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 119 (1905)
  • Cereus strigosus var. rufispinus Hook.f., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 7: 184 (1897)
  • Echinocereus intricatus (Salm-Dyck) Sencke ex Haage, Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 22 (1859)
  • Echinocereus strigosus (Salm-Dyck) Haage, Verz. Cact. 1861: 20 (1861)
  • Echinopsis strigosa (Salm-Dyck) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley, I.O.S. Bull. 3: 98 (1974)
  • Echinocereus strigosus var. rufispinus Rümpler, C.F.Förster, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 827 (1885)
  • Echinocereus strigosus var. spinosior Rümpler, C.F.Förster, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 827 (1885)
  • Trichocereus strigosus (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose, Cact. 2: 143 (1920)
  • Trichocereus strigosus var. flaviflorus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 440 (1980)
  • Trichocereus strigosus var. longispinus (C.A.Maass) Borg, Cacti (Borg): 139 (1937)

Echinopsis strigosa, is a species of Soehrensia in the cactus family. It is native to north western Argentina. It was first published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 28: 31 in 2012.[2]

It was formerly a species of Echinopsis.[3]

Description

Soehrensia strigosa grows shrubby, branching out from the base and forming dense clumps up to 1 meter in diameter. The cylindrical, erect or ascending shoots have a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters and are up to 60 centimeters long. There are 15 to 18 very low and blunt ribs. The circular, large areoles located on them are initially white and are up to 0.8 centimeters apart. The numerous, finely needle-like, whitish to yellowish to reddish-brown thorns that emerge from them are occasionally darker-tipped. The approximately four central spines are up to 7 centimeters long. The nine to 16 radial spines are slightly shorter.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers open at dusk and stay open most of the following day. They are up to 20 centimeters long and have a diameter of 15 centimeters. The spherical, yellow to orange fruits are fleshy and 4 to 6.5 centimeters long.

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Distribution

Soehrensia strigosa is widespread in the Argentine provinces of Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza in the montane vegetation at lower altitudes from 700 to 2000 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus strigosus by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck was published in 1834.[4] Boris O. Schlumpberger placed the species in the genus Soehrensia in 2012. Further nomenclature synonyms are Echinocereus strigosus (Salm-Dyck) Lem. (1885), Trichocereus strigosus (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose (1920) and Echinopsis strigosa (Salm-Dyck) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley (1974).

References

  1. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. ^ "Soehrensia strigosa (Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Echinopsis strigosa". Tropicos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. ^ Hortus dyckensis: ou catalogue des plantes cultivées dans les jardins de Dyck (in French). Arnz. 1834. p. 334. Retrieved 2023-09-19.