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Cereus chiloensis (Colla) DC.
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 465. 1828 [mid Mar 1828]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis chiloensis (Colla) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 94 (1974)

Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Spination at Elqui Valley, Coquimbo Region IV, Chile.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis chiloensis (Colla) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 94 (1974)
Synonymy: 56 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis chiloensis subs. litoralis (Johow) M.Lowry
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 8 2003.
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis chiloensis subs. skottsbergii (Backeb. ex Skottsb.) G.J.Charles
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 19: 13 2005. [Mar 2005]
Synonymy: 5
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Common Names include:
QUECHUA (Runasimi / Qhichwa simi): Khishka
RUSSIAN (Русский): Эxинопсис чилийский
SPANISH (Español): Cacto, Quisco

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis chiloensis group

  • Echinopsis chiloensis (Colla) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley: It is a fiercely spiny cactus. Like it's relatives, this species is a quick grower and is reported to grow into a shrub or small tree up to 8 m in height. Distribution: coastal cordillera of Chile (North-Central Valley of Chile)
  • Echinopsis chiloensis var. borealis (F.Ritter): can produce very long spines, up to 25 cm long. Distribution: Elqui valley, Huanta, Coquimbo, Chile
  • Echinopsis chiloensis var. eburnea (Phil. ex K.Schum.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley: This is the stouter spined form with impressive and showy ivory spines and all spines long; flowers pinkish. Distribution: East of Los Patos, bottom of valley, Coquimbo, Chile.
  • Echinopsis chiloensis subs. litoralis (Johow) M.Lowry: is shrubby with arching or erect cylindrical branches less than 2 m tall. Its has much shorter, thinner and flexible spines. Distribution: coast north of Valparaiso (Atacama, Coquimbo).
  • Echinopsis chiloensis var. panhoplites (K.Schum.): Young spines almost black, central spine very long. Distibution: Ovalle, Coquimbo, Chile.
  • Echinopsis chiloensis var. pycnacantha (Salm-Dyck): spines very short and thick.
  • Echinopsis chiloensis subs. skottsbergii (Backeb. ex Skottsb.) G.J.Charles


27030 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
1897 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

9915 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
27028 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Elqui Valley, Coquimbo Region IV, Chile (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

9916 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1898 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

1903 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cereus chiloensis (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Cactus Art
1896 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
- Like it's relatives, this species is a quick grower and is reported to grow up to 8 m in height. (Echinopsis chiloensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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