Loxanthocereus xylorhizus
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| Loxanthocereus xylorhizus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Loxanthocereus |
| Species: | L. xylorhizus |
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| Loxanthocereus xylorhizus F.Ritter | |
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Loxanthocereus xylorhizus is a species of Loxanthocereus found in Peru.[2]
The species grows as a shrub with spread-out or somewhat upright, gray-green shoots and reaches lengths of 20–50 cm (7.9–19.7 in) (rarely up to 1 meter) with diameters of 5 to 7 cm (2.0 to 2.8 in) and 14 to 19 notched ribs. The areoles have 3-4 central spines that are straight or upwardly curved, thick and subulate, 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) long and 16 to 22 marginal radial spines brownish yellow and up to 1 cm (0.39 in) long. The spines have a characteristic arrangement in multiple directions. The flowers are oblique tubular, 6–7 cm (2.4–2.8 in) long and vermilion-red in color, and they produce greenish to reddish brown globular fruits about 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) in diameter.[3]
