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Collector Madsen, J. E.
Number 61147
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart AZUAY
County  
Locality Road Cuenca - Loja, at Río León (N of Oña). Xerophytic scrub.
Coordinates 3° 25' S 79° 9' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1800
Maximum elevation (m) 2000
Start date 1985/11/23
End date 1985/11/23
Family Cactaceae
Identification Cleistocactus icosagonus (H.B.K)F.A.C. Weber
Determined by J. Madsen, 1986
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Columnar, ascending. Stems 3-5 cm thick. Flowers single or a few. Flower 7-8 cm long, orange or red. Receptacle covered with greenish to coloured bracteoles, white hairy in their axils. Tepals of one colour. Style whitish. Stigma-lobes about 9, green to yellowish. Filament reddish or orange obove, white below. Anther flesh coloured. Nectar-chamber pale.

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