Cereus aethiops
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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|taxon = Cereus aethiops
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN2.3
|authority = Haw.
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{{Species list
|Cereus aethiops var. landbeckii|(Phil.) Backeb.
|Cereus aethiops var. melanacanthus|(K.Schum.) Backeb.
|Cereus azureus|J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.
|Cereus azureus var. seidelii|(Lehm.) Dams
|Cereus chalibaeus|Salm-Dyck
|Cereus chalybaeus|Otto
|Cereus coerulescens var. landbeckii|(Phil.) K.Schum.
|Cereus coerulescens var. melanacanthus|K.Schum.
|Cereus landbeckii|Phil. ex Regel
|Cereus melanacanthus|(K.Schum.) Schelle
|Piptanthocereus aethiops|(Haw.) F.Ritter
|Piptanthocereus azureus|(J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Riccob.
|Piptanthocereus chalibaeus|(Salm-Dyck) Riccob.
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|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Cereus aethiops Haw. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:52722-2 |access-date=2021-09-25 }}{{Tropicos | 5102916 | Cereus aethiops | Haw. | access-date=2021-09-25}}
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Cereus aethiops is a species of cactus found from Uruguay to Argentina.
Description
Cereus aethiops grows shrubby, is rarely branched and reaches heights of growth of up to 2 meters. The cylindrical, dark bluish to dark green shoots are upright, occasionally prostrate and have a diameter of 2 to 4 centimeters. There are seven to eight ribs that are divided into humps. The areoles on it are often almost black. The two to four black central spines are up to 2 centimeters long. The nine to twelve radial spines are gray with a darker tip or black. They reach lengths of up to 10 millimeters.
The white to light pink flowers are up to 20 centimeters long. The egg-shaped, red fruits are up to 6 centimeters long.
File:Cereus aethiops 1.jpg|Fruit
File:Cereus aethiops 2.jpg|Plant growing in the wild climbing on Geoffroea decorticans at Colonia Cilavert, Las Grutas, Río Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina
File:Aethiopsbloom.jpg|Flower of cereus aethiops
Distribution
Cereus aethiops is distributed in the foothills of the Andes in northern and central Argentina.
Taxonomy
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth was published in 1830.{{cite book | title=The Philosophical Magazine: Or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science | publisher=Richard Taylor | issue=Bd. 7 | year=1830 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3kqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109 | access-date=2023-08-13 | page=109}} A nomenclatural synonym is Piptanthocereus aethiops (Haw.) F.Ritter (1980).
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the species as Least Concern (LC)
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Cereus aethiops|Cereus aethiops}}
- {{wikispecies-inline|Cereus aethiops|Cereus aethiops}}
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