Trichocereus macrogonus (Salm-Dyck) Riccobono
First description was by:
Jos. de Salm-Dyck 1850
Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae, Anno 1849
Prince Joseph Maria Franz Anton Hubert Ignaz Fürst zu Salm-Reiffersscheid-Dyck
born 1773; died 1861
0n page 46
as
Cereus macrogonus II. Berol. (59.)
"aculeis albidus, saepe apice nigris"
Compare this to the following.
On page 203
(59) C. Macrogonus II. Berol.
C. caule erecto
columnari subglaucescenti-læteviride 6-7 angulato,
costis turgidis obtusissimis apicem versus obrepandis ad
pulvillos crenato-plicatis et colore intensius viride
arcuatim notatis, pulvillis confertis griseo-tomentosis,
aculeis rigidis abbreviatis brunneis, in pulvillis junioribus
8-l0, in senioribus 18-20, erecto-patulis, 3-4
validioribus. (Nob.)
Caulis hucusque 8-10 pollicaris, diametro fere
bipolicari. Costæ rotundatæ, faretæ, superne ad
pulvillos plicatæ et arcu viridiore notatæ. Pulvilli lin.
3-4 distantos parvuli, grisei. Aculei primo subregulariter
disprositi, 7-9 radiantes cum centrali 1; sed mox
(aculeis novis enascentibus) sine numero ac ordine
normali erecto-patuli, graciles, brunnei, 3-4 paulum
validioribus, lin. 5 longis.
"Berol." refers to the Berlin Botanical Garden.
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