Oreocereus leucotrichus

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Oreocereus leucotrichus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Oreocereus
Species: Oreocereus leucotrichus

Name edit

Oreocereus leucotrichus (Phil.) Wagenkn. (1956)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Echinocactus leucotrichus Phil., Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 1891: 27. 1891.
  • Homotypic
    • Arequipa leucotricha (Phil.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 101. 1922.
    • Borzicactus leucotrichus (Phil.) Kimnach, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 93. 1960.
    • Echinopsis leucotricha (Phil.) Anceschi & Magli, Cactusinhabitat S. Amer. 2011/2013: 38. 2013.
  • Heterotypic
    • Arequipa variicolor (Backeb.) Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 37: 217. 1953.
    • Borzicactus hendriksenianus (Backeb.) Kimnach, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 92. 1960.
    • Morawetzia varicolor (Backeb.) Knize, Biota 7: 254. 1969.
    • Oreocereus hendriksenianus Backeb., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 438. 1933; in Backeb., Cactus Journ. 2: 4. 1933; Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 186, 411. 1935.
    • Oreocereus hendriksenianus f. densilanatus (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz, Kakteen 23: C Vb. 1963.
    • Oreocereus hendriksenianus f. spinosissimus (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz, Kakteen 23: C Vb. 1963.
    • Oreocereus hendriksenianus var. densilanatus Rauh & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 17. 1956.
    • Oreocereus hendriksenianus var. spinosissimus Rauh & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 17. 1956.
    • Oreocereus knizei T.Hewitt & Donald, Ashingtonia 2(1): centre page pull-out [4]. 1975.
    • Oreocereus ritteri Cullmann, Kakteen And. Sukk. 9: 101, figs. 1958.
    • Oreocereus tacnaensis (F.Ritter ex Backeb.) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1363. 1981.
    • Oreocereus variicolor Backeb. Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938, No. 3, Anhang 13, p. [3]. 1938.1. 1935.1. 1935.
    • Oreocereus variicolor var. tacnaensis F.Ritter ex Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3696. 1962.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta); S-Peru; Bolivia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Old Man of the Andes,
español: Chastudo, Viejito
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