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    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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