Soehrensia walteri
| Soehrensia walteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Soehrensia |
| Species: | S. walteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Soehrensia walteri (R.Kiesling) Schlumpb. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Soehrensia walteri is a species of Soehrensia found in Argentina.[2]
Description
[edit]Soehrensia walteri typically forms groups of spherical, green shoots, each up to 16 cm in diameter and height. It has about eleven ribs, each 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, with whitish areoles. From these areoles, 5 to 15 flexible, needle-like yellow spines emerge, each 1 to 2.5 cm long.
The bell-shaped, yellow flowers are slightly fragrant and appear from the youngest areoles near the shoot apex, opening during the day. They are 7.5 to 9 cm long and up to 9 cm in diameter. The spherical, greenish-yellow fruits are 1.7 to 2 cm long and 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Soehrensia walteri is found in the Argentine province of Salta, specifically in the Quebrada de Escoipe, at altitudes of 2000 to 2500 meters.
Taxonomy
[edit]First described as Lobivia walteri by Roberto Kiesling in 1976, the species name honors Austrian cactus specialist Walter Rausch.[4] Boris O. Schlumpberger reclassified it into the genus Soehrensia in 2012.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ "Soehrensia walteri (R.Kiesling) Schlumpb". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 248. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ "Vista de Una nueva especie de Lobivia (Cactaceae)". Hickenia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ 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
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Media related to Soehrensia walteri at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Soehrensia walteri at Wikispecies
