© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Quiabentia pflanzii
Kakteen (Berger) 46 46 1929 [ et: Borg in Cacti 53 (1937)]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Quiabentia pflanzii
Author
(Vaupel) Vaupel ex A.Berger
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Leaves
Fleshy, shiny, much thicker and broader than those of other opuntias, oval to diamond-shaped with pointed ends narrowed at the base, 4 cm long and 2 cm broad.
Branches
Up to 4 cm in diameter with whorls of thinner branches at apex.
Note
the species was dedicated to Karl Pflanz who discovered it in Bolivia.
Flowers
Pale red.
Spines
White, short and slender, pointing downward, up to 4 cm long.
Areoles
White and circular.