Cleistocactus ritteri
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| Cleistocactus ritteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cleistocactus |
| Species: | C. ritteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleistocactus ritteri Backeb. ex Guiggi 2020 | |
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Cleistocactus ritteri is a species of Cleistocactus found in Bolivia.[2]
Cleistocactus ritteri grows as a shrub with more or less upright, bright green shoots that are branched at the base and reaches heights of 1 to 2 meter with a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters. There are 12 to 14 ribs. The brown areoles on it later turn white and 5 mm apart. The 5 yellowish central spines are up to 10 millimeters long. The up to 30 fine radial spines are white and 6–8mm long.
The tubular, greenish-yellow to lemon-yellow flowers are slightly downward-pointing and barely curved that blooms from the areoles near the apex of the stems. They are up to 3–4 centimeters long and 5 mm wide. The spherical, green to yellow fruits reach a diameter of up to 1.5 centimeters. Seeds are black pyriform and 0.8 mm long.[3]
