Cleistocactus strausii

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Species:

Cleistocactus strausii (Heese) Backeb., 1934

The epithet of the species honors L. Straus (1862–1934), a German merchant and cactus lover from Bruchsal and co-founder of the German Cactus Society.

• Borzicactus strausii (Heese) A.Berger
• Cephalocereus straussii (Heese) Houghton
• Cereus strausii (Heese) Vaupel
• Denmoza strausii (Heese) Fric
• Echinopsis nothostrausii Anceschi & Magli
• Pilocereus strausii Heese
• Pilocereus strausii f. cristatus Dörfl.
• Cleistocactus nivosus Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 195. 1951 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014

• Backeberg, C. 1934. Kakteen-Freund; illustrierte Monatsschrift für Kakteenliebhaber. Deutsche Kakteen-Zeitung 3: 121

• Verloove, F. & al. 2017. New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 35: 58-79.
• Lowry, M. 2016. A synopsis of the genus Cleistocactus Lemaire (Cactaceae) Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 34: 148-186. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cleistocactus strausii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 07. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleistocactus strausii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cleistocactus strausii. Published online. Accessed: Apr 20 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cleistocactus strausii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Apr 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cleistocactus strausii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 20. Reference page. 

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