Common name: Old Man of the Andes
Family: Cactaceae
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Country of Origin: Bolivia, Peru and northern Argentina
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Provenance:
Smith# 159-00
seed wild collected Argentina source# 516-99-107
Argentina: Jujuy, Yavi: 26km E of La Quiaca: Ruta Prov. 5 toward Sanata Victoria (10km E of Yavi): 3600m. Levenberger and Eggli 4560
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Cereeae
- SubTribe: Trichocereinae
References:
- Anderson, E.F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press 2001
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