''Browningia hertlingiana'' is a species of ''
Browningia
''Browningia'' is a genus of cacti, comprising 11 accepted and 3 unresolved species. It is named for Webster E Browning (1869-1942), director of the Instituto Inglés, Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Description
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'' found in Peru.
Description
''Browningia hertlingiana'' grows like a tree with several side shoots and reaches heights of 5 to 6 meters. A trunk up to 1 meter high is formed. The columnar, light blue-green, upright shoots have a diameter of up to 30 centimeters. There are 18 or more ribs resolved into tubercles. The
areoles
In botany, areoles are small light- to dark-colored bumps on cacti out of which grow clusters of spines. Areoles are important diagnostic features of cacti, and identify them as a family distinct from other succulent plants. Gordon Rowley - Wh ...
located on it are somewhat sunk into the shoots. The thorns of the vegetative shoot part emerging from the areoles are yellowish-grey. Your one to three central spines are strong and up to 8 centimeters long. There are four to six radial spines. The flowering part of the shoot has up to 30 bendable, yellowish and bristle-like thorns.
The white flowers reach up to 5 centimeters in diameter. The dry fruits have a diameter of 2.5 centimeters.
Distribution
''Browningia hertlingiana'' is common in the Peruvian regions of Huancavelica and Ayacucho in the valley of the Río Mantaro and the Río Apurímac at altitudes of 1800 to 2000 meters.
Taxonomy
The first description as ''Clistanthocereus hertlingianus'' was in 1937 by
Curt Backeberg
Curt Backeberg (2 August 1894 in Lüneburg, Germany – 14 January 1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti.
Biography
He travelled extensively through Central and South America, and pu ...
.
Franz Buxbaum
Franz Buxbaum (25 February 1900, Liebenau, Graz – 7 February 1979) was an Austrian botanist, specialising in cacti
A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the orde ...
placed the species in the genus ''Browningia'' in 1965.
Another nomenclature synonym is ''Azureocereus hertlingianus'' (Backeb.) Backeb. (1956).
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Flora of Peru
Plants described in 1965
Cereeae