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Haageocereus lachayensis Rauh & Backeb.
Descr. Cact. Nov. 22. 1956
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Haageocereus acranthus (Vaupel) Backeb.
Desert Pl. Life 5: 3. 1933 Backeb. & Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 207. 1935 Gray Herb. Card Cat, Issue 139; Backeb. in Backeb. &F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 207 (1935).

Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Haageocereus acranthus (Vaupel) Backeb.
Desert Pl. Life 5: 3. 1933 Backeb. & Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 207. 1935
Synonymy: 25 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Haageocereus acranthus subs. olowinskianus (Backeb.) Ostolaza
Cactaceae Consensus Init. 6: 8. 1998
Synonymy: 7
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Haageocereus acranthus group

  • Haageocereus acranthus (Vaupel) Backeb.: has curving or upright columnar stems, densely covered by yellow-brown spines. It grows to 2(-3) m high. Central spines up to 2 cm long. Distribution: valleys of the Rio Rimac and Rio Lurin in the vicinity of Lima.
  • Haageocereus acranthus subs. olowinskianus (Backeb.) Ostolaza: has shorter stem (less than 1 m tall). Central spines up to 6 cm long. Distributiom: South of Lima in several restricted populations.
  • Haageocereus lachayensis Rauh & Backeb.: has golden yellow that year after year become almost black creating an extraordinary contrast of colours. Distribution: Lomas de Lachay, South of Huacho, Lima, Peru.
  • Haageocereus limensis (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter: has thicker stems and longer spines (same as: subsp. olowinskianus?). Distribution: Eulalia Valley, Lima. Peru.

14955 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
14956 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

14957 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
14954 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

14958 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Haageocereus lachayensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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