Soehrensia camarguensis, is a species of Soehrensia found in Bolivia.[2]
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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. camarguensis
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| Soehrensia camarguensis (Cárdenas) Schlumpb.
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Description
editSoehrensia camarguensis grows shrubby with columnar, cylindrical and light green shoots, which often consist of several curved, ascending branches and are up to 50 cm (20 in) high. There are eleven to 15 very low ribs present. The needle-like thorns emerging from the areoles are yellow to greyish. The two to three (rarely up to five) central spines have a length of up to 5 cm (2.0 in). The twelve to 13 radiating radial spines are up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long.
The funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night, and can grow 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long. The spherical to ovoid fruits have a diameter of up to 2 cm (0.79 in).[3]
Distribution
editSoehrensia camarguensis is distributed in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca, Potosí and Tarija at altitudes of 2700 meters.
Taxonomy
editThe plant was first described as Trichocereus camarguensis by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1953. It was once thought to be a species of Echinopsis.
First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 28: 30 (2012)[2]
References
edit- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ a b "Soehrensia camarguensis (Cárdenas) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 222. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
External links
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Data related to Soehrensia camarguensis at Wikispecies
