Cereus icosagonus (Cleistocactus icosagonus)
Description
Cleistocactus icosagonus grows shrubby with drooping to ascending or ascending shoots and forms large, low piles. The light green shoots reach a length of 20 to 60 centimeters with diameters of 3 to 5 centimeters. There are 8 to 21 low, rounded ribs divided by furrows in bumps . The areoles lying on it are closely connected. Flowerable areoles are filled with numerous fine long bristles. The 25 to 60 golden yellow spines are needle-like or bristly and 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.The almost straight, oblique, pink to scarlet to orange flowers are 7 to 8 centimeters long. Your pericarpell is covered with small scales with a few hair. The spherical, green to yellow fruits reach diameters of 2 to 4 centimeters and are often occupied with some hair.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Cleistocactus
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