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Loxanthocereus
Cleistocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) - of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina). The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Loxanthocereus acanthurus
speciesLoxanthocereus acanthurus
Loxanthocereus xylorhizus
speciesLoxanthocereus xylorhizus
Loxanthocereus sulcifer
speciesLoxanthocereus sulcifer
Loxanthocereus sextonianus
speciesLoxanthocereus sextonianus
Loxanthocereus pachycladus
speciesLoxanthocereus pachycladus
Loxanthocereus peculiaris
speciesLoxanthocereus peculiaris
Loxanthocereus hystrix
speciesLoxanthocereus hystrix
Loxanthocereus jajoanus
speciesLoxanthocereus jajoanus
Loxanthocereus hoxeyi
speciesLoxanthocereus hoxeyi
Loxanthocereus hoffmannii
speciesLoxanthocereus hoffmannii
Loxanthocereus clavispinus
speciesLoxanthocereus clavispinus
Loxanthocereus riomajensis
speciesLoxanthocereus riomajensis
Loxanthocereus ferrugineus
speciesLoxanthocereus ferrugineus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1147422.