| Soehrensia camarguensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Soehrensia |
| Species: | S. camarguensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Soehrensia camarguensis (Cárdenas) Schlumpb. | |
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Soehrensia camarguensis, is a species ofSoehrensia found in Bolivia.[2]
Soehrensia 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 theareoles 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]
Soehrensia camarguensis is distributed in theBolivian departments ofChuquisaca,Potosí andTarija at altitudes of 2700 meters.
The plant was first described asTrichocereus camarguensis by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1953. It was once thought to be a species ofEchinopsis.
First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 28: 30 (2012)[2]
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