Soehrensia huascha
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Soehrensia |
| Species: | S. huascha
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| Soehrensia huascha (F.A.C. Weber) Schlumpb.
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Soehrensia huascha, is a species of Soehrensia in the Cactaceae family, found in north western Argentina.[2] First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 29: 5 in 2013.[2]
Was formerly thought to be a species of Echinopsis.[3]
Description[edit]
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 - 17 ribs and reach about 5 centimeters in diameter. The areoles, from which the yellowish to brownish, needle-like spines arise, reach a diameter of up to 1 centimeter. The 1 - 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 centimeter long flower cup is covered with 4 to 6 millimeter 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.[4]
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Subspecies[edit]
It has 2 accepted subspecies;
- Soehrensia huascha subsp. huascha
- Soehrensia huascha subsp. robusta (Rausch) Schlumpb.
Distribution[edit]
Soehrensia huascha is widespread in the northwest of Argentina in the provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja and grows at altitudes of 500 to 2000 meters.
Taxonomy[edit]
The first description as Cereus huascha was published in 1893 by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber.[5] The specific epithet huascha is derived from a local Argentine word meaning orphan. Boris O. Schlumpberger placed the species in the genus Soehrensia in 2013.[6] Further nomenclature synonyms are Trichocereus huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose (1920), Lobivia huascha (F.A.C.Weber) W.T.Marshall (1938), Helianthocereus huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb. (1951), Salpingolobivia huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Y.Itô (1957) and 'Echinopsis huascha (F.A.C.Weber) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley (1974). There are numerous other synonyms.
References[edit]
- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ a b "Soehrensia huascha (F.A.C.Weber) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "Echinopsis huascha". Tropicos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 231–232. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ "Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde". J. Neumann. 1893. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ Korotkova, Nadja; Aquino, David; Arias, Salvador; Eggli, Urs; Franck, Alan; Gómez-Hinostrosa, Carlos; Guerrero, Pablo C.; Hernández, Héctor M.; Kohlbecker, Andreas; Köhler, Matias; Luther, Katja; Majure, Lucas C.; Müller, Andreas; Metzing, Detlev; Nyffeler, Reto; Sánchez, Daniel; Schlumpberger, Boris; Berendsohn, Walter G. (2021-08-31). "Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family". Willdenowia. 51 (2). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universitaet Berlin. doi:10.3372/wi.51.51208. ISSN 0511-9618.
External links[edit]
Media related to Soehrensia huascha at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Soehrensia huascha at Wikispecies
