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Collector Madsen, J. E.
Number 61066
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart AZUAY
County  
Locality Road Santa Isabel - Pasaje, at San Francisco. Xerophytic scrub.
Coordinates 3° 18' S 79° 28' W
Minimum elevation (m) 800
Maximum elevation (m) 800
Start date 1985/10/23
End date 1985/10/23
Family Cactaceae
Identification Pilosocereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose)Byles & G. Rowley
Determined by J. Madsen, 1986
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Field notes Tree with trunk, 5 m high and more. Stems very long, a little candelabrum-shaped below, soon nearly erect. Trunk 10-20 (-30) cm in diameter, 50-100 cm long. Spines black, reddish at basis. Flower (one flower, a little withered) 7.5 cm long. Outer tepals brownish violet, darker toward the tips. Inner tepals lighter with greenish edges, dark violet at the tips. Style pale below, else flesh-coloured. Stigma-lobes, anther and filament flesh-coloured. Fruit brownish violet.

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