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Collector Madsen, J. E.
Number 61004
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart CHIMBORAZO
County  
Locality Alausi, km 0-1 downstream Río Chanchan. Slope with xerophytic vegetation, dominated by Cactaceae and Agavaceae.
Coordinates 2° 12' S 78° 51' W
Minimum elevation (m) 2300
Maximum elevation (m) 2300
Start date 1985/09/18
End date 1985/09/18
Family Cactaceae
Identification Cleistocactus sepium var. morleyanus (Britton & Rose)J. E. Madsen
Determined by J. E. Madsen, 1986 (AAU)
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Columnar, unbranched or branched at base on laying or damaged stems, forming groups, 0.5-1.5 m high. Stems 4-8 cm thick, dark green. Ribs 12-14, low. Spines brownish, getting grey. Flower red. Style pale, apically tinged violet. Stigma-lobes yellowish green. Filament pale, apically third violet. Fruit subglobose, 1.5-3.0 cm in diameter, green, getting dark green to brownish toward the top. Flesh of fruit white. .

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