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| Collector | Madsen, J. E. |
| Number | 7416 |
| Collected with | Jorge Galvez & Pablo Lozano |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | LOJA |
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| Locality | Rd. Udushi - Santa Isabel, km 2. Desert with terrestrial bromeliads and Croton. |
| Coordinates | 3° 28' S 79° 25' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Start date | 2000/10/11 |
| End date | 2000/10/11 |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Identification | Espostoa frutescens J.E. Madsen |
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| Field notes | "Bush, 0.6-1.5 m high, the braches ascending from base; trunk not evident. Flowers 4-4.5 cm long and 3 cm wide at anthesis, opening at 7 pm. Floral tube green-white with a weakly tinge of rosa beyond the pericarpel. Bracts and sepaloids greenish brown. Petaloids pure white. Stigmas pale green. Anthers cream. Fruit broadly obclavate, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, white in lower half, green distally, or green-brown when fairly dry, crowned by the floral remnants; pulp white. Even ripe fruits barely visible in the cephalium. In full bloom. Most plants with one or several flowers per night. Liquid material available at AAU." |
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