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Espostoa senilis Ritter
- Common Name:
- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Peru, Ancash
- Habitat:
- Description: syn. Espostoa cullmannianus
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198502088
- Source: Unknown
- Provenance: originally labelled as Espostoa cullmannianus, named changed to E. senilis based upon cullmannianus used as a specific epithet of senilis (Thrixanthocereus cullmannianus). However, the description of E. senilis in Anderson, The Cactus Family describes the species as having long white hairs, which ours does not. ID currently uncertain.
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2215 - XER:Atacama-Sechura/Andean Deserts
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-24-2012
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Trichocereeae
- SubTribe:
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