''Lobivia pentlandii'', is a species of ''

Lobivia ''Lobivia'' is a genus of Cactus, cacti native species, native to South America from Bolivia, Peru to northwestern Argentina and Northern Chile. Species Species of the genus ''Lobivia'' according to Plants of the World Online : References ...

'' found in Bolivia and Peru.

Description

''Lobivia pentlandii'' usually grows in groups with spherical to ovoid, bright green and often glaucous shoots that reach a diameter of up to around 12 centimeters. The shoot apex is often sunken. There are twelve to 15 high ribs that are deeply notched and divided into long, hatchet-shaped, sharp-edged cusps. The areoles on it are about 2 centimeters apart. Variable thorns emerge from them. The single central spine, which can also be missing, is 3 to 9 centimeters long. The backward curved 5 to 15 marginal spines are yellowish brown and are up to 3 centimeters long. The short, funnel-shaped flowers open during the day and are variable in flower color. It ranges from slightly purple-pink to red, orange or yellow. The flower throat is often lighter. The flowers are 4 to 6 centimeters long. Its very strong flower tube reaches a diameter of up to 1 centimeter. The spherical, juicy, sticky fruits have a diameter of 1 to 1.2 centimeters. File:Echinopsis pentlandii (8416378897).jpg File:Echinopsis pentlandii1c.MW.jpg File:Echinopsis pentlandii1PCJO.jpg

Distribution

''Lobivia pentlandii'' is widespread in the Peruvian regions of Cusco and Puno and the Bolivian departments of La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba and Potosí in the high altitudes of the Andes.

Taxonomy

The first description as ''Echinocactus pentlandii'' by

William Jackson Hooker Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew he ...

was published in 1844. The specific epithet pentlandii honors the Irish geographer and naturalist Joseph Barclay Pentland.

Nathaniel Lord Britton Nathaniel Lord Britton (January 15, 1859 – June 25, 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York (state), New York. Early life Britton was born in New Dorp, Staten Island, New ...

and

Joseph Nelson Rose Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, ...

placed the species in the genus ''Lobivia'' in 1922. Further nomenclature synonyms are ''Echinopsis pentlandii'' (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr. (1846), ''Cereus pentlandii'' (Hook.) J.F.Cels (1862) and ''Echinocereus pentlandii'' (Hook.) K.Schum. (1894). In addition, numerous other synonyms are known because the species is very variable. Stamp of Bolivia - 1971 - Colnect 288915 - Lobivia pentlandii

Stamp of Bolivia - 1971 - Colnect 288915 - Lobivia pentlandii

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar pentlandii Flora of Bolivia