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Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

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Source-backed classification draft for Cleistocactus hyalacanthus.

Scientific taxonomy article

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cleistocactus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is BOLOO, AFRICA, AGWTU, AGWSL, AGWSE, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, BOL, AGWLR, AGWME, CNY, MACARONESIA; Bolivia to NW. Argentina.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or shrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131022-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cleistocactus hyalacanthus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7279717 ↩

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Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is an upright, densely spined columnar cactus in the family Cactaceae. Commonly known as the silver column cactus, this species is highly valued in cultivation for its glistening white spine cover and its contrasting bright reddish orange tubular flowers that emerge from the sides of the stems .