Family Cactaceae Tribe Trichocereeae Higher classification Trichocereeae | Scientific name Cleistocactus Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Cleistocactus strausii, Monkey's Tail, Cleistocactus hyalacanthus, Cleistocactus winteri | ||
My cleistocactus samaipatanus cactus plant full of flowers
Cleistocactus is a genus of columnar cacti native to mountainous areas - to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) - of Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina. The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.
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- My cleistocactus samaipatanus cactus plant full of flowers
- My golden rat tail cactus plant in flower cleistocactus winteri
- Synonymy
- References
The stems are tall and mostly slender and often many-branched with numerous ribs with closely set areoles and spines. The flowers are tubular and the tips hardly open with only the style and stamens usually protruding.
My golden rat tail cactus plant in flower cleistocactus winteri
Synonymy
The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus:
References
Cleistocactus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA