| Stenocereus queretaroensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Stenocereus |
| Species: | S. queretaroensis |
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| Stenocereus queretaroensis (F.A.C. Weber) Buxbaum 1961 | |
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Stenocereus queretaroensis is a species of cactus from Mexico, including the state of Querétaro. It is cultivated for its fruit.
Description
Plants are tree-like growing with multiple candelabra-shaped branches, up to 5–7 m (16–23 ft), with a central trunk followed by many upturned branches, producing a candelabra-like shape. The reddish to green stems are around 15 cm (6 in) across and have six to nine very distinct blunt and slightly rounded ribs. The areoles covered with brown to black, velvety hairs and produce five to nine whitish radial spines, up to 2 cm (0.8 in) long, and one to four somewhat grayer central spines, of which the lower are longer, up to 4 cm (1.6 in). The scented white funnel-shaped flowers are borne from the sides of the ends of the stems and are 7.8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) long and have a diameter of 4.5 to 6.7 centimeters. They opening at night and remaining open until the following morning. The flower tube is slightly bulging near the nectar chamber, and both the flower tube and pericarpel are hairless. The fruits, which can be spherical and range in color from green to red or purple, have a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters and are covered in thorns and hairs. The flesh of the fruit can be white or red to purple.
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A peeled fruit
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Flowers
Distribution
Stenocereus queretaroensis is commonly found in the Mexican states of Querétaro, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Colima, and Michoacán, growing in deciduous forests and dry shrublands at altitudes of up to 1800 meters.
Taxonomy
This species was first described as Cereus queretaroensis by Albert Mathsson in 1891, with the name referencing its native region in Querétaro, Mexico. In 1961, Franz Buxbaum reclassified it under the genus Stenocereus.
References
- ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, pp. 647
- Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 604. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- Ibarra-Cerdeña, Carlos N.; Iñiguez-Dávalos, Luis I.; Sánchez-Cordero, Víctor (2005). "Pollination Ecology of Stenocereus queretaroensis (Cactaceae), a Chiropterophilous Columnar Cactus, in a Tropical Dry Forest of Mexico". American Journal of Botany. 92 (3). Botanical Society of America: 503–509. ISSN 0002-9122. JSTOR 4123899. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- "Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde". J. Neumann. 1891. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
External links
Media related to Stenocereus queretaroensis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Stenocereus queretaroensis at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Stenocereus queretaroensis |
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| Cereus queretaroensis | |