Aporocactus

Lem

◊ Ill. Hort. 7: Misc. 67 (1860)
Type: A. flagelliformis (L)Lem

- Pendant or creeping, stems long and slender, with aerial roots. Ribs 7-13. Areoles small. Spines rather short. Flower narrow funnelform, zygomorphic, red to purple-pink. Ovary and receptacle with small scales and spines or bristles. Receptacle bend. Stigmas white or yellowish. Fruit globose, small, reddish, with spines. Seed red-brown, obovoid.

- Mexico: Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Puebla, Potosí.

Cact. 2:217
Backeberg 2:818
Bravo 1:435'
Bradleya 7:93; 9:86
EPIG 2(4):38"
Phytotaxa 327(1):1-46 (2017)