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Pyrrhocactus huascensis F.Ritter
Succulenta (Netherlands) 1961, 57 (1961).
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 118 (1994)

Pyrrhocactus huascensis (Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce crispa (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 118 (1994)
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce crispa var. atroviridis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 118 (1994)
Synonymy: 11 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce crispa var. carrizalensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 118 (1994)
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 118 (1994)
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce crispa var. totoralensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 118 (1994):
Synonymy: 7
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Eriosyce crispa group

  • Eriosyce crispa (F.Ritter) Katt.: Flattened to slightly cylindrical cactus, slowly growing up to 10 cm in diameter with showy pink blooms and long hairlike, contorted, thin black spines not easily distinguishable as centrals and radials.It is found only west of Freirina.
  • Eriosyce crispa var. atroviridis (F.Ritter) Katt.: It has thick, needle-like spines and 12-14 radials. Distribution: it is fpund around Vallenar and Freirina.
  • Eriosyce crispa var. carrizalensis (F.Ritter) Katt.: It has stiff, needle-like spines, 10-13 radials, and about 15 ribs. Distribution: It is found around Carrizal and Carrizal Bajo.
  • Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis (F.Ritter) Katt.: It has stiff, needle-like spines, only 6-8 radials, and 10-12 ribs. Distribution: East of Huasco.
  • Eriosyce crispa var. totoralensis (F.Ritter) Katt.: It has twisted spines and few ribs. Distribution: it is found near Copiapo and Totoral Bajo.

26264 carolina Carolina González
A plant almost completely sunk in the ground. Huasco, Atacama region, Chile (Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis) Photo by: Carolina González
19278 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Pyrrhocactus huascensis (Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

4945 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Pyrrhocactus huascensis (Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
4944 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Pyrrhocactus huascensis (Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

4942 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Pyrrhocactus huascensis (Eriosyce crispa var. huascensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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