''Cleistocactus'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the cactus
family
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Cactaceae,
native
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to mountainous areas - to
- of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina). The name comes from the Greek ''kleistos'' meaning closed because the
flowers
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hardly open.
The stems of these cacti are tall, mostly slender and often many-branched with numerous ribs with closely set
areole
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s and
spines. The flowers are tubular and the tips hardly open with only the
style
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and
stamens
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Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
usually protruding.
Species
Natural Hybrids
* ''Cleistocactus × crassiserpens''
Rauh & Backeb.(''
Cleistocactus icosagonus'' × ''
Cleistocactus serpens'').
Synonyms
The following genera have been brought into
synonymy
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with this genus:
*''Akersia''
Buining
*''Bolivicereus''
Cárdenas
*''Borzicactella''
H.Johnson ex F.Ritter
*''Borzicactus''
Riccob
*''Borzicereus''
Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
*''Cephalocleistocactus''
F.Ritter
*''Cleistocereus''
Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
*''Clistanthocereus''
Backeb.
*''Demnosa''
Fric
*''Gymnanthocereus''
Backeb.
*''Hildewintera''
F.Ritter
*''Loxanthocereus''
Backeb.
*''Maritimocereus''
Akers
*''Pseudoechinocereus''
Buining (nom. inval.)
*''Seticereus''
Backeb.
*''Seticleistocactus''
Backeb.
*''Winteria''
F.Ritter
*''Winterocereus''
Backeb.
Cleistocactus strausii flow.jpg, '' Cleistocactus strausii''
File:Cleistocactus micropetalus F. Ritter.PNG, '' Cleistocactus micropetalus'' F. Ritter, photo taken at Bedugul Botanical Garden, Bali, Indonesia
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References
* Innes C, Wall B (1995). ''Cacti, Succulents and Bromaliads''. Cassell & The Royal Horticultural Society.
*The species list is referenced from http://www.cactiguide.com/ which is in turn referenced from several books which are listed on that site. The principal book listed here is The Cactus Family by Edward F. Anderson.
External links
*
photos on www.AIAPS.org*
photos on www.cactiguide.com
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Trichocereeae
Cacti of South America
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Bolivia
Flora of Peru
Flora of Uruguay
Cactoideae genera