Pilosocereus bohlei
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| image =Pilosocereus bohlei Hofacker blühfähige Triebspitze.jpg
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Pilosocereus bohlei
| authority = Hofacker 2001
| synonyms =
- Caerulocereus bohlei {{au|(Hofacker) Guiggi 2022}}
}}
Pilosocereus bohlei is a species of Pilosocereus found in Bahia, Brazil{{cite web | title=Pilosocereus bohlei Hofacker - Plants of the World Online | website=Plants of the World Online | url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321779-2 | access-date=2022-10-24}}
Description
Pilosocereus bohlei is a shrubby columnar cactus that branches only at its base, growing to a height of up to 1.8 meters. Its upright to arching shoots are light bluish to blue-green, have a diameter of up to 12 centimeters, and are club-shaped with a thickened base. The cactus features 9 to 12 ribs, each with slightly raised oval areoles that produce several hairs up to 3 centimeters long. The spines are initially reddish or light brown but later change to yellowish or a gray-black color. There is typically one central spine, measuring up to 2.5 centimeters, which is hard to distinguish from the 30 to 40 radial spines that are up to 20 millimeters long. A distinct flowering section emerges from the shoots, featuring up to 7 ribs and extending up to 40 centimeters in length, with white hairs up to 7 centimeters long in the flowering areoles.
The cactus produces slightly curved, funnel-shaped white flowers that are light green on the outside. These flowers can be up to 5.5 centimeters long and have a diameter of up to 3.5 centimeters. Its greenish to bluish-green, depressed, spherical fruits can reach lengths of up to 3.5 centimeters and diameters of up to 4 centimeters, containing white pulp inside.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | last3=Anderson | first3=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page= 537}}
Distribution
Pilosocereus bohlei is commonly found in the northern Brazilian state of Bahia.
File:Pilosocereus bohlei Bahia Brasil.jpg| Pilosocereus bohlei growing in Bahia, Brasil habitat
Taxonomy
It was first described in 2001 by Andreas Hofacker, and its specific name, bohlei, honors the German cactus enthusiast and co-discoverer, Bernhard Bohle.{{cite journal | vauthors =Hofacker, Andreas | title = Pilosocereus bohlei Hofacker spec. nov. - eine neue Art aus Bahia.| journal = Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten | volume = 52:10| pages = 253–257| date = 2001 | language=de | url = https://www.dkg.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/kuas_2001_10_opt.pdf }}
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Pilosocereus bohlei|Pilosocereus bohlei}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Pilosocereus bohlei|Pilosocereus bohlei}}
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