''Eriosyce'' is a

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cacti A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...

native to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Description

They are spherical to cylindrical plants that rarely sprout. The plants reach heights of growth of up to 1 m and have a diameter of up to 50 cm. They form 7 to 30 ribs on which the thorn-bearing areoles sit. The ribs are deepened between the areoles. The flowers usually appear near the apex, are funnel-shaped and yellow to red in color. The fruits are hollow, often woolly berries, in which the seed is usually loose. The berries often tear open at the base. The seeds are 0.7 to 3 mm long.

Species

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accepts the following species:

Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with ''Eriosyce'': *''Chilenia''

Backeb. 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 publi ...

*''Chileniopsis'' Backeb. *''Chileocactus''

Frič Frič is a Czechized German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alberto Vojtěch Frič, Czech botanist * Antonin Fritsch, Antonín Jan Frič ''(Fritsch)'', Czech paleontologist * Jaroslav Erik Frič, Czech poet * Martin Frič, Czec ...

*''Chileorebutia''

F.Ritter Friedrich Ritter (9 May 1898 – 9 April 1989) was a German botanist who collected and described many species of cacti. '' Ritterocereus'' is named in his honour. Friedrich Ritter studied biology, geology and paleontology at the University of Ma ...

*''Chiliorebutia'' Frič (''orth. var.'') *''Delaetia'' Backeb. *''Dracocactus'' Y.Itô *''Euporteria'' Kreuz. &

Buining Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining (25 August 1901 in Groningen – 9 May 1976) was a Dutch botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant ...

*''Friesia'' Frič ex Kreuz. *''Hildmannia'' Kreuz. & Buining *''Horridocactus'' Backeb. *''Islaya'' Backeb. *''Neochilenia'' Backeb. *''Neoporteria'' Britton &

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...

*''Neotanahashia'' Y.Itô *''Netanahashia'' Y.Itô *''Nichelia''

Bullock Bullock may refer to: Animals * Bullock (in British English), a castrated male cattle, bovine animal of any age * Bullock (in American English), a young bull (an uncastrated male bovine animal) * Bullock (in Australia, India and New Zealand), an o ...

*''Pyrrhocactus'' A.Berger *''Rimacactus'' Mottram *''Rodentiophila'' F.Ritter & Y.Itô *''Thelocephala'' Y.Itô

References

External links

* * Cactoideae genera Notocacteae {{cactus-stub