Harrisia tetracantha
| Harrisia tetracantha | |
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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: | Harrisia |
| Species: | H. tetracantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Harrisia tetracantha (Labour.) D.R.Hunt
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Harrisia tetracantha is a species of cactus found in Bolivia.
Description[edit]
Harrisia tetracantha grows in a shrub-like to tree-like manner, is usually branched above the ground and reaches heights of up to 3 meters. The blue-green to gray-green shoots have a diameter of up to 6 centimeters. There are eight rounded and tuberous ribs. The single, strong, initially brownish central spine later becomes white to ash-gray. The four to seven white marginal spines have a brown tip.
The flowers reach a length of 18 to 22 centimeters.[1]
Distribution[edit]
Harrisia tetracantha is widespread in the Bolivian departments of Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Potosi, Santa Cruz and Tarija in dry scrub forest at elevations of 1200–2600 meters.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
The first description as Cereus tetracanthus was made in 1855 by J. Labouret.[3] David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Harrisia in 1987. Further nomenclature synonyms are Eriocereus tetracanthus (Labour.) Riccob. (1909), Trichocereus tetracanthus (Labour.) Borg (1937), Roseocereus tephracanthus (Labour.) Backeb. (1942), Roseocereus tetracanthus (Labour.) Backeb. (1942) and Echinopsis tetracanthus (Labour.) Anceschi & Magli (2013).[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 341. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ Franck, Alan R. (2016). "MONOGRAPH OF HARRISIA" (PDF). Phytoneuron. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ "Revue horticole". Librairie agricole de la maison rustique. 1855. ISSN 0035-3302. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Hunt, David; Taylor, Nigel (1987). "New and unfamiliar names of Cactaceae to be used in the European Garden Flora". Bradleya. 5 (5). British Cactus and Succulent Society: 91–94. doi:10.25223/brad.n5.1987.a5. ISSN 0265-086X.
External links[edit]
Media related to Harrisia tetracantha at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Harrisia tetracantha at Wikispecies
