Cephalocereus apicicephalium
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| Cephalocereus apicicephalium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cephalocereus |
| Species: | C. apicicephalium |
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| Cephalocereus apicicephalium E.Y.Dawson | |
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Cephalocereus apicicephalium is a species of cactus from Mexico.[2]
Cephalocereus apicicephalium grows with gray-green shoots up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in diameter, is slightly branched at the base or sometimes above it and reaches heights of 1 to 3 meters. There are 22 to 25 narrow ribs. The 1 to 4 downward directed and basally expanded central spines are reddish yellow to black and 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) long. The 9 to 12 very slender, gray to white marginal spines are 1.5 to 1.8 cm (0.59 to 0.71 in) long. The terminal, woolly pseudocephalium is grown through by the new growth of the next growing season and remains as a woolly ring for several years. It consists of curled hair up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long.
The narrow, bell-shaped flowers are pink with a yellowish tint and are 5 to 6 cm (2.0 to 2.4 in) long and up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter. Their pericarpel is covered with small triangular white scales.[3]
Distribution
Cephalocereus apicicephalium is common on steep limestone cliffs in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.
Habitat in Tankah Pakbal, Chiapas, Mexico
Habitat in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Habitat in Triunfo Agrarista, Chiapas, Mexico
