Calymmanthium substerile

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Calymmanthium substerile

Calymmanthium substerile F.Ritter in Kakteen And. Sukk. 13: 25. 1962 sec. Hunt 20061
    • Holotype: Peru, Jaén; lower part of Huancabamba gorge, Bucara [Pucará], 1954, Ritter FR 315 (U 097800B).
  • 1. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books
  • =Calymmanthium fertile F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1266. 1981 syn. sec. Hunt 20062
  • ≡Calymmanthium substerile subsp. fertile (F.Ritter) Guiggi in Cactology 5 (Suppl. II): 1. 2016 syn. sec. ???
  • –Calymmanthium fertile F.Ritter in Succulenta (Netherlands) 45: 117, 135. 1966, nom. inval., syn. sec. Hunt 20062,3
    • Holotype: Peru, Depart. Amazonas, östlich von Balsas, in höheren Lagen, 1964, F. Ritter FR 1295
  • 2. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books, 3. Art. 40.1

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Distribution (Area)

Peru native

Distribution (General)

Northern Peru, Jaen Prov., lower Huancabamba valleyA

Diagnosis

Planta fruticosa vel arborea, ramosa, 3-8 m alta; caules clarevirides, 20 cm ad super 100 cm longi, 4-8 cm crassi, paucis costis foliaceis, prope ad axeni caulis pertinentibus 3-4 cm altis, 2-3 mm crassis, minute crenatis; areolae 3--6 mm diametientes, rotundae, albidae, 2-3 cm inter se distantes; aculei recti, pungentes, eburnei, 3-8 marginales 0,5-1cm longi, 1-6 centrales 1-5 cm longi. Flores laterales actinomorphi, nocturni, 9,5-11 cm longi, 3-5 cm patentes; ovarium viride, 2,5-3 cm longum, ad 17 mm latum, subcostatum, paene glabrum, perpaueis parvis areolis et parvis squamulis. Camera nectarifera sine anulo lanato, oblonga, pars inferior ca. 20 mm longa, subinfundibuliformis, pars superior 7-10 mm longa, tubulosa; gemma florifera cucullo aculeato e cortice ovarii – camerae nectariferae elongato formato, ante anthesim intrinsecus disrupto, percluso, viridi, areolis et aculeis tenuibus praedito tecta; tubus supra cameram nectariferam 2-2,5 cm longus, albus, infundibuliformis, sine areolis, phyllis perigonii adnatis, in summo tubo seiungentibus; filamenta 1,75-3 cm longa, recta, albida, toto tubo supra cameram nectariferam inserta; antherae citrinae; stylus coccineus, 6,5-8 cm longus; stigmata 8-11 albida, 6-7 mm longa; phylla perigonii in superiore parte came;ae nectariferae orientia, extrema cum interiore parte cuculli connata, laciniis liberis squamas formantibus, interiora cum tubo connata in summo tubo seiungentia, parte libera patula recurvata, 22-25 mm longa, 7-10 mm lata, apice rotundata, paene linearia, interiora alba ad rubrofusca, exteriora rubrofusciora viridemarginata; fructus clareviridis, cucumeriformis, 4- ad 5-costatus, subnudus vel nudus, ad 15 cm longus et 6 cm crassus, corticula 6-9 mm crassa; sarcocarpium succosum, album; semina 2,5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, saccata, griseo-nigra, hilo basali immerso, testa opaca subgibbosa.
Locus typi: Peru septentrionalis, Fauces Huancabamba.
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Bibliography

A. Ritter, F. 1962: – Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 13: 24-28