Accession Data

Espostoa senilis

Family: Cactaceae

Country of Origin: Peru, Ancash

Description: syn. Espostoa cullmannianus

Accession Data

Accession #: 198502088

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2215

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Provenance: originally labelled as Espostoa cullmannianus, named changed to E. senilis based upon cullmannianus used as a specific epithet of senilis (Thrixanthocereus cullmannianus). However, the description of E. senilis in Anderson, The Cactus Family describes the species as having long white hairs, which ours does not. ID currently uncertain.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Cactaceae

SubFamily: Cactoideae

Tribe: Cereeae

SubTribe: Trichocereinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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Images

Espostoa senilis