Aporocactus flagelliformis

(L)Lem

◊ Ill. Hort. 7: Misc. 68 (1860)
◊◊ Cactus flagelliformis L - Sp. Pl. 467 (1753)
Cereus flagelliformis (L)Mill - Gard. Dict. ed 8. nr. 12 (1768)
Cereus leptophis DC - Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17:117 (1828)
Cereus flagelliformis minor SD - Enum. Cact. 111 (1837)
Cereus flagriformis Zucc ex Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 111 (1837)
Cereus flagelliformis ssp. leptophis (DC)KSch - Gesamtb. Kakt. 143 (1897)
Aporocactus leptophis (DC)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:435 (1909)
Cereus minor Wgt - Monatsschr. Kakt. 18:49 (1909)
Aporocactus flagriformis (Zucc ex Pfeiff)Lem - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:435 (1909)
Disocactus flagelliformis (L)Barth - Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
Aporocactus flagelliformis var. leptophils (DC) P. V. Heath - Calyx 2:60 (1992)
Aporocactus flagelliformis var. pfeifferi P. V. Heath - Calyx 2:60 (1992)

- Stems 0.5-2 cm diameter, 1 m long, green, later grey-green. Ribs 8-12. Areoles 6-8 mm apart. Periferal spines 8-12, needle-like, thin, reddish brown. Central spines 3-4, brownish, tip yellow. Flower 7-8 cm long, carmine, zygomorphous. Fruit round, 1.2 cm diameter, with spines. Pulpa yellowish. Seed 1.5x1 mm, blackish brown.

- Mexico: Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, Puebla, Potosí, above 2000 m in cloud forests.

Cact. 2:218', plate 40
Backeberg 2:818, 819", 820
Succulenta 3(2):15; 52(10):189"; 80(4):159"
KuaS 10(10):152"; 25(10)234"; 49(4):78"; 50(3):49", 50"; 51(11):306"
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Bravo 1:436, 437, 438", 440"
Bradleya 7:93
EPIG (1):6; 3(10:7"; 12(3):83; 14(2):50"; 59:16-18"
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:12
NCL 78"