© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Stenocactus gladiatus
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 354. 1936 [12 Feb 1936]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Stenocactus gladiatus
Author
(Link & Otto) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Chinese genus
多棱球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
1 Horn coloured right-angled, with dark tip, longer and more rigid, directed upward up to 4 cm long.
Flowers
White with carmine- red central strip (or yellowish?), about 2 cm long and wide.
Ribs
14-22 (or more
Radial Spines
4-6 on the lower par of the areole, straight, glassy, 8-12 mm long, and 3 reddish-grey in the upper part of areole of which the central one is flat-pressed directed upward up to 3 cm long the lateral are shorter.