Trichocereus uyupampensis

Trichocereus uyupampensis, is a species of Trichocereus found in Bolivia and Peru.[1]

Trichocereus uyupampensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Trichocereus
Species:
T. uyupampensis
Binomial name
Trichocereus uyupampensis
Backeb. (1936)
Synonyms
  • Echinopsis uyupampensis (Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley

Description

Trichocereus uyupampensis grows shrubby with several branches that lie down to ascending. The slim cylindrical shoots have a diameter of up to 3 centimeters and are up to 200 centimeters long. There are nine narrow and flat ribs that are not very high. The small areoles on them are light brown. From them spring eight to ten irregularly arranged spines, which are thickened at their base. The spines have a length of 0.2 to 0.6 centimeters.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers are reddish on the outside, up to 16 centimeters long. As with all Trichocereus the flower buds are covered with hairs.[2]

Distribution

Trichocereus uyupampensis is widespread in the Arequipa region of Peru at altitudes of around 3000 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Trichocereus uyupampensis by Curt Backeberg was published in 1936. The specific epithet uyupampensis refers to the occurrence of the species near Uyupampa in the Arequipa region of Peru. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in the genus Echinopsis in 1974.

References
  1. "Echinopsis uyupampensis". Tropicos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 248. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
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