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Armatocereus laetus

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Armatocereus laetus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Armatocereus
Species:
A. laetus
Binomial name
Armatocereus laetus
(Kunth) Backeb. ex A.W. Hill 1991
Synonyms
  • Cactus laetus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt 1823
  • Cereus laetus (Kunth) DC. 1828
  • Lemaireocereus laetus (Kunth) Britton & Rose 1919
  • Armatocereus jungo Backeb. 1935
  • Armatocereus neolaetus Y.Itô 1981

Armatocereus laetus is a species of Armatocereus from Peru.[2]

Description

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Armatocereus laetus grows columnar tree-like, branched above the ground and reaches growth heights of 4 to 6 meters. A short massive trunk is formed. The gray-green shoots are columnar and erect. Four to eight ribs are present. The six to twelve initially brown spines become whitish or grayish with age.

The white flowers are 7 to 8 centimeters long and up to 5 centimeters in diameter. The green fruits are heavily spined. [3]

Distribution

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Armatocereus laetus is distributed in northern Peru and southern Ecuador.

Taxonomy

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The first description as Cactus laetus was in 1923 by Karl Sigismund Kunth.[4] Arthur William Hill placed the species in the genus Armatocereus in 1938. Other nomenclature synonyms include Cereus laetus (Kunth) DC. and Lemaireocereus laetus (Kunth) Britton & Rose (1919).

References

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  1. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  2. ^ "Armatocereus laetus in Tropicos".
  3. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 76-77. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  4. ^ Bonpland, Aimé; Humboldt, Alexander von; Kunth, Karl Sigismund (1815). Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt /descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt ; ex schedis autographis Amati Bonplandi in ordinem digessit Carol. Sigismund. Kunth ... Antverpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantini. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.640.
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