Cereus aethiops

Cereus aethiops
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Cereus
Species:	C. aethiops
Binomial name
	Cereus aethiops; Haw.
Synonyms
	Cereus aethiops var. landbeckii (Phil.) Backeb. ; Cereus aethiops var. melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Backeb. ; Cereus azureus J.Parm. ex Pfeiff. ; Cereus azureus var. seidelii (Lehm.) Dams ; Cereus chalibaeus Salm-Dyck ; Cereus chalybaeus Otto ; Cereus coerulescens var. landbeckii (Phil.) K.Schum. ; Cereus coerulescens var. melanacanthus K.Schum. ; Cereus landbeckii Phil. ex Regel ; Cereus melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Schelle ; Piptanthocereus aethiops (Haw.) F.Ritter ; Piptanthocereus azureus (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Riccob. ; Piptanthocereus chalibaeus (Salm-Dyck) Riccob. ;

Cereus aethiops is a species of cactus found from Uruguay to Argentina.^[3]

Description[edit]

Cereus aethiops grows shrubby, is rarely branched and reaches heights of growth of up to 2 meters. The cylindrical, dark bluish to dark green shoots are upright, occasionally prostrate and have a diameter of 2 to 4 centimeters. There are seven to eight ribs that are divided into humps. The areoles on it are often almost black. The two to four black central spines are up to 2 centimeters long. The nine to twelve radial spines are gray with a darker tip or black. They reach lengths of up to 10 millimeters.

The white to light pink flowers are up to 20 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, red fruits are up to 6 centimeters long.

Fruit
Plant growing in the wild climbing on Geoffroea decorticans at Colonia Cilavert, Las Grutas, Río Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina

Distribution[edit]

Cereus aethiops is distributed in the foothills of the Andes in northern and central Argentina.

Taxonomy[edit]

The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1830.^[4] A nomenclatural synonym is Piptanthocereus aethiops (Haw.) F.Ritter (1980).

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the species as Least Concern (LC)^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
^ "Cereus aethiops Haw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^ ^a ^b "Cereus aethiops Haw.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^ The Philosophical Magazine: Or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science. Richard Taylor. 1830. p. 109. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

External links[edit]

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[IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species_2010_p.-1] "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[POWO_52722-2-2] "Cereus aethiops Haw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[Tropicos_5102916-3] "Cereus aethiops Haw.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[Richard_Taylor_1830_p._109-4] The Philosophical Magazine: Or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science. Richard Taylor. 1830. p. 109. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

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