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Borzicactus
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.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Borzicactus sepium
speciesBorzicactus sepium
Borzicactus icosagonus
speciesBorzicactus icosagonus
Borzicactus fieldianus
speciesBorzicactus fieldianus
Borzicactus longiserpens
speciesBorzicactus longiserpens
Borzicactus tenuiserpens
speciesBorzicactus tenuiserpens
Borzicactus plagiostoma
speciesBorzicactus plagiostoma
Borzicactus hutchisonii
speciesBorzicactus hutchisonii
Borzicactus leonensis
speciesBorzicactus leonensis
Borzicactus neoroezlii
speciesBorzicactus neoroezlii
Borzicactus silvaticus
speciesBorzicactus silvaticus
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 575995.