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Cleistocactus
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.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
silver torch cactus
speciesCleistocactus strausii
Cleistocactus colademononis
speciesCleistocactus colademononis
Chaco Torch Cactus
speciesCleistocactus baumannii
Cleistocactus parviflorus
speciesCleistocactus parviflorus
Golden Rat-tail Cactus
speciesCleistocactus winteri
Cleistocactus samaipatanus
speciesCleistocactus samaipatanus
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
speciesCleistocactus hyalacanthus
Cleistocactus buchtienii
speciesCleistocactus buchtienii
Firecracker Cactus
speciesCleistocactus smaragdiflorus
Cleistocactus candelilla
speciesCleistocactus candelilla
Cleistocactus tominensis
speciesCleistocactus tominensis
Cleistocactus orthogonus
speciesCleistocactus orthogonus
Cleistocactus morawetzianus
speciesCleistocactus morawetzianus
Cleistocactus luribayensis
speciesCleistocactus luribayensis
Cleistocactus glaucus
speciesCleistocactus glaucus
Cleistocactus crassicaulis
speciesCleistocactus crassicaulis
Cleistocactus pungens
speciesCleistocactus pungens
Cleistocactus brookeae
speciesCleistocactus brookeae
Cleistocactus variispinus
speciesCleistocactus variispinus
Cleistocactus viridiflorus
speciesCleistocactus viridiflorus
Cleistocactus hildegardiae
speciesCleistocactus hildegardiae
Cleistocactus laniceps
speciesCleistocactus laniceps
Cleistocactus dependens
speciesCleistocactus dependens
Cleistocactus capadalensis
speciesCleistocactus capadalensis
Cleistocactus ritteri
speciesCleistocactus ritteri
Cleistocactus chrysocephalus
speciesCleistocactus chrysocephalus
Cleistocactus reae
speciesCleistocactus reae
Cleistocactus ayopayanus
speciesCleistocactus ayopayanus
Cleistocactus aurantiacus
speciesCleistocactus aurantiacus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 355509.