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Haageocereus

Haageocereus

22 species Cactaceae

Morphological Summary

Genus of columnar cacti from the coast and Andean slopes of Peru, with some species in Ecuador and Bolivia. Erect or scrambling cylindrical stems, densely spiny; numerous fine radial spines, robust central spines sometimes coloured; white to pink nocturnal tubular flowers; pollinated by bats and moths; very ornamental for their dense colourful spinescence.

Distribution Peru (mainly), Ecuador, western Bolivia
Conservation
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Haageocereus acanthocladus Rauh & Backeb.

Golden-spined Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00001
Origin Perú (Ancash, La Libertad)
Type Cactus
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Haageocereus achaetus Rauh & Backeb.

Spineless-central Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00002
Origin Perú (Lima, Ica)
Type Cactus
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Columnar

Haageocereus acranthus

Apical-spined haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00009
Origin Perú
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Haageocereus acranthus (Vaupel) Backeb.

Apical-spined Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00003
Origin Perú (Lima, Ancash, La Libertad)
Type Cactus
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Haageocereus akersii Backeb.

Akers Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00004
Origin Perú (Ica, Arequipa)
Type Cactus
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White Spines

Haageocereus albispinus

White-spined haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00010
Origin Perú
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Haageocereus ambiguus Rauh & Backeb.

Ambiguous Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00005
Origin Perú (Cajamarca, La Libertad)
Type Cactus
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Haageocereus aureispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Golden-spined Woolly Torch

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00006
Origin Perú (Lima, Ancash)
Type Cactus
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Columnar

Haageocereus australis

Southern haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00011
Origin Perú, Chile
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Haageocereus australis Backeb.

Southern Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00007
Origin Perú (Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna)
Type Cactus
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Haageocereus cephalomacrostibas (Backeb.) P.V.Heath

Pseudocephalium Haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00008
Origin Perú (Ancash, Huánuco)
Type Cactus
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Golden Spines

Haageocereus chrysacanthus

Golden-spined haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00012
Origin Perú
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Prostrate

Haageocereus decumbens

Decumbent haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00013
Origin Perú
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Curved Spines

Haageocereus deflexispinus

Deflexed-spined haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00014
Origin Perú
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Columnar

Haageocereus fascicularis

Fasciculate haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00015
Origin Perú
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Woolly

Haageocereus lanugispinus

Woolly-spined haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00016
Origin Perú
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Endemic

Haageocereus limensis

Lima haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00017
Origin Perú
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Columnar

Haageocereus multangularis

Many-angled haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00018
Origin Perú
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Dark Spines

Haageocereus pseudomelanostele

False black-haired haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00019
Origin Perú
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Prostrate

Haageocereus repens

Creeping haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00020
Origin Perú
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Columnar

Haageocereus turbidus

Turbid haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00021
Origin Perú
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Multicolored

Haageocereus versicolor

Many-colored haageocereus

Specimen ID RN-HAGCR-00022
Origin Perú
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