Cleistocactus
Cleistocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to - of South America. The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.
The stems of these cacti are tall, mostly slender and often many-branched with numerous ribs with closely set areoles and spines. The flowers are tubular and the tips hardly open with only the style and stamens usually protruding.Species and subspecies
- Cleistocactus acanthurus D.R.Hunt
- * Cleistocactus acanthurus subsp. acanthurus
- * Cleistocactus acanthurus subsp. faustianus Ostolaza
- * Cleistocactus acanthurus subsp. pullatus Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus baumannii Lem.
- * Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. anguinus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- * Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. baumannii
- * Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. chacoanus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- * Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. croceiflorus P.J.Braun & Esteves
- * Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. horstii N.P.Taylor
- * Cleistocactus baumannii subsp. santacruzensis Mottram
- Cleistocactus brookeae Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus buchtienii Backeb.
- Cleistocactus candelilla Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus chotaensis F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus clavispinus Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus colademononis Mottram
- Cleistocactus × crassiserpens Rauh & Backeb.
eine natürliche Hybride von Cleistocactus icosagonus und Cleistocactus serpens.
- Cleistocactus dependens Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus erectispinus Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus ferrarii R.Kiesling
- Cleistocactus fieldianus D.R.Hunt
- * Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. fieldianus
- * Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. samnensis Ostolaza
- * Cleistocactus fieldianus subsp. tessellatus Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus granditessellatus Leuenb.
- Cleistocactus grossei Backeb.
- Cleistocactus hildegardiae F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus hyalacanthus Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus hystrix Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus icosagonus F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus laniceps Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus leonensis Madsen
- Cleistocactus longiserpens Leuenb.
- Cleistocactus luribayensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus micropetalus F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus morawetzianus Backeb.
- Cleistocactus muyurinensis F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus orthogonus Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus pachycladus Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus palhuayensis F.Ritter & Shahori
- Cleistocactus paraguarensis F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus parapetiensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus parviflorus Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus peculiaris Ostolaza
- Cleistocactus piraymirensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus plagiostoma D.R.Hunt
- Cleistocactus pungens F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus reae Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus ritteri Backeb.
- Cleistocactus roezlii Backeb.
- Cleistocactus roseiflorus G.D.Rowley
- Cleistocactus samaipatanus D.R.Hunt
- Cleistocactus sepium F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus serpens F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus sextonianus D.R.Hunt
- Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus Britton & Rose
- Cleistocactus strausii Backeb.
- Cleistocactus sulcifer Leuenb.
- Cleistocactus tarijensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus tenuiserpens Rauh & Backeb.
- Cleistocactus tominensis Backeb.
- Cleistocactus tupizensis Backeb.
- Cleistocactus variispinus F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus vulpis-cauda F.Ritter & Cullmann
- Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt
- Cleistocactus xylorhizus Ostolaza
Synonymy
The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus:
- Akersia Buining
- Bolivicereus Cárdenas
- Borzicactella H.Johnson ex F.Ritter
- Borzicactus Riccob
- Borzicereus Fric & Kreuz.
- Cephalocleistocactus F.Ritter
- Cleistocereus Fric & Kreuz.
- Clistanthocereus Backeb.
- Demnosa Fric
- Gymnanthocereus Backeb.
- Hildewintera F.Ritter
- Loxanthocereus Backeb.
- Maritimocereus Akers
- Pseudoechinocereus Buining
- Seticereus Backeb.
- Seticleistocactus Backeb.
- Winteria F.Ritter
- Winterocereus Backeb.
