Leucostele nigripilis

Leucostele nigripilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Leucostele
Species:
L. nigripilis
Binomial name
Leucostele nigripilis
(Phil.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut Walter
Synonyms
  • Cereus nigripilis Phil. 1860
  • Echinopsis nigripilis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley 1974
  • Trichocereus chiloensis var. nigripilis (Phil.) Espinosa 1937
  • Trichocereus coquimbanus var. nigripilis (Phil.) Borg 1951
  • Trichocereus nigripilis (Phil.) Backeb. 1937
  • Cactus coquimbanus Molina 1782
  • Cereus panoploeatus Monv. 1839
  • Cereus spinibarbis var. flavidus Labour. 1853
  • Cereus spinibarbis var. minor Monv. ex Labour. 1853
  • Cereus spinibarbis var. purpureus Monv. ex Labour. 1853
  • Echinopsis coquimbana (Molina) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley 1974
  • Eulychnia coquimbana (Molina) Albesiano 2012
  • Leucostele coquimbana (Molina) Schlumpb. 2012
  • Trichocereus coquimbanus (Molina) Britton & Rose 1920

Leucostele nigripilis is a species of Leucostele found in Chile.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in Region III of Atacama and Region IV of Coquimbo, at elevations ranging from sea level to 700 meters.[2]

Taxonomy

This species was first described as Cactus coquimbanus. The specific epithet nigripilis comes from Latin, means 'black hairs' and refers to the black hairs from the areoles.

References

  1. ^ "Leucostele nigripilis (Phil.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut Walter". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  2. ^ Albesiano, Sofía (2012). "A New Taxonomic Treatment of the Genus Trichocereus (Cactaceae) in Chile". Haseltonia. 18: 116–139. doi:10.2985/026.018.0114. ISSN 1070-0048.
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