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کلیستوکاکتوس
Sign in to saveCleistocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to - of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina). The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.
Species
silver torch cactus
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Observations891
Observations recorded2,088
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 112
- With media
- 62
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- MICH, ASU, UCR, CM, NY, K
- Recorded in
- Argentina, United States, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Equador, Ecuador, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trichocereeae
- Image
- Gardenology.org-IMG 4258 hunt0904.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Cleistocactus
- Commons category
- Cleistocactus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cleistocactus
- Commons gallery
- Cleistocactus
- taxon common name
- 吹雪柱属
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