Aylostera albopectinata
| Aylostera albopectinata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Cereeae |
| Subtribe: | Aylosterinae |
| Genus: | Aylostera |
| Species: | A. albopectinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aylostera albopectinata (Rausch) Mosti & Papini | |
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Aylostera albopectinata is a species of Aylostera from Bolivia.[2]
Description
[edit]Aylostera albopectinata grows solitarily, featuring spherical, grey-green stems up to 1.5 cm in diameter with thick, beet-like roots. The stems have up to 16 vertical ribs divided into tubercles. The areoles are oval and range in color from white to light brown. The plant has 1 or 2 central white spines, each up to 1 mm long—though these may sometimes be absent. It also has up to 13 white radial spines that cover the entire stem surface, measuring up to 3 mm in length. Its flowers are red, with pink to white throats, and can reach 5 cm in length and 4.5 cm in diameter. The pericarp and flower tube are covered in white hairs. The spherical fruits, also covered in white hairs, are up to 5 mm in diameter.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is native to Bolivia, specifically in the Chuquisaca Department near Culpina and Camargo growing at elevations between 3,000 and 3,500 meters, mainly in desert or dry scrubland habitats.[4]
Growth habit showing beet like roots
Taxonomy
[edit]It was first described as Rebutia albopectinata in 1972 by Austrian botanist Walter Rausch in the journal Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten (23: 236), named for its white spines. Later, botanists Stefano Mosti and Alessio Papini reclassified it into the genus Aylostera, renaming it Aylostera albopectinata. This change was published in the Pakistan Journal of Botany (43: 2777) in 2011.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- 1 2 "Aylostera albopectinata (Rausch) Mosti & Papini". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 559. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ↑ W. Rausch: Rebutia (Digitorebutia) albopectinata Rausch sp. nov. In: de:Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten. Band 23, 1972, S. 236.
- ↑ Mosti, Stefano; Bandara, Nadeesha Lewke; Papini, Alessio (2011-12-01). "(PDF) Further insights and new combinations in Aylostera (Cactaceae) based on molecular and morphological data". Pakistan Journal of Botany. 43 (6). Pakistan Journal of Botany. ISSN 0556-3321. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
External links
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