Armatocereus laetus | |
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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: | Armatocereus |
Species: | A. laetus
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Binomial name | |
Armatocereus laetus (Kunth) Backeb. ex A.W. Hill 1991
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Synonyms | |
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Armatocereus laetus is a species of Armatocereus from Peru. [2]
Armatocereus laetus grows columnar tree-like, branched above the ground and reaches growth heights of 4 to 6 meters. A short massive trunk is formed. The gray-green shoots are columnar and erect. Four to eight ribs are present. The six to twelve initially brown spines become whitish or grayish with age.
The white flowers are 7 to 8 centimeters long and up to 5 centimeters in diameter. The green fruits are heavily spined. [3]
Armatocereus laetus is distributed in northern Peru and southern Ecuador.
The first description as Cactus laetus was in 1923 by Karl Sigismund Kunth. [4] Arthur William Hill placed the species in the genus Armatocereus in 1938. Other nomenclature synonyms include Cereus laetus (Kunth) DC. and Lemaireocereus laetus (Kunth) Britton & Rose (1919).
Armatocereus laetus | |
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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: | Armatocereus |
Species: | A. laetus
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Binomial name | |
Armatocereus laetus (Kunth) Backeb. ex A.W. Hill 1991
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Synonyms | |
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Armatocereus laetus is a species of Armatocereus from Peru. [2]
Armatocereus laetus grows columnar tree-like, branched above the ground and reaches growth heights of 4 to 6 meters. A short massive trunk is formed. The gray-green shoots are columnar and erect. Four to eight ribs are present. The six to twelve initially brown spines become whitish or grayish with age.
The white flowers are 7 to 8 centimeters long and up to 5 centimeters in diameter. The green fruits are heavily spined. [3]
Armatocereus laetus is distributed in northern Peru and southern Ecuador.
The first description as Cactus laetus was in 1923 by Karl Sigismund Kunth. [4] Arthur William Hill placed the species in the genus Armatocereus in 1938. Other nomenclature synonyms include Cereus laetus (Kunth) DC. and Lemaireocereus laetus (Kunth) Britton & Rose (1919).