Soehrensia angelesiae

{{Speciesbox

|taxon= Soehrensia angelesii

| status =EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite journal | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2010-09-20 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152387/631157 | access-date=2023-10-08 | page=}}

|authority= (R.Kiesling) Schlumpb.

|image= Echinopsis angelesiae - Botanischer Garten, Dresden, Germany - DSC08882.JPG

|synonyms =

Echinopsis angelesiae {{au|(R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley 1978 publ. 1980}}
Trichocereus angelesiae {{au|R.Kiesling 1978}}

}}

Soehrensia angelesiae is a species of cactus.

Description

Soehrensia angelesiae grows shrubby, branches numerously from the base and forms low thickets up to 1 meter high. The ascending, cylindrical, light green shoots are opaque and reach a diameter of {{cvt|6 to 6.5|cm}}. There are about twelve sharp-edged, low, blunt ribs that are notched. The oval areoles on it are sparsely woolly. Stiff, prickly thorns emerge from them and are enlarged at their base. The individual central spine is up to {{cvt|2|cm}} long. The twelve marginal spines are arranged in pairs on the sides. The lowest marginal spine is longer than the others. The marginal spines are up to {{cvt|1.5|cm}} long.

The bell-shaped, tubular white flowers appear near the tips of the shoots. They grow up to {{cvt|20|cm}} long and have a diameter of {{cvt|14|cm}}.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page= 217}}

Distribution

Soehrensia angelesiae is widespread in the Argentine department of Guachipas at altitudes of 1400 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Trichocereus angelesiae by Roberto Kiesling was published in 1931.{{cite journal | last=Kiesling | first=Roberto | title=El género Trichocereus (Cactaceae) : I: Las especies de la Rep. Argentina | journal=Darwiniana | publisher=Instituto de Botánica Darwinion | volume=21 | issue=2/4 | year=1978 | issn=0011-6793 | jstor=23215595 | pages=263–330 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/23215595 | access-date=2023-10-08}} The specific epithet angelesiae honors Angeles G. Lopez de Kiesling, who was married to the Argentine botanist Roberto Kiesling. Boris O. Schlumpberger placed the species in the genus Soehrensia in 2012.Boris O. Schlumpberger: New combinations in the Echinopsis alliance. In: Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives. Nr. 28, 2012, S. 30. A nomenclature synonym is Echinopsis angelesiae (R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley (1980).

References

[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2783266 The Plant List entry]
[http://eol.org/pages/33520950/overview Encyclopedia of Life entry]
[http://www.cactusinhabitat.org/index.php?p=specie&id=59&l=en Cactus In Habitat entry]
[http://wiki.plantae.se/index.php/Echinopsis_angelesiae Plantae entry]

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Soehrensia angelesiae|Soehrensia angelesiae}}
{{Wikispecies-inline|Soehrensia angelesiae|Soehrensia angelesiae}}

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