Aporocactus martianus

(Zucc)Br&R

◊ Cact. 2:220 (1920)
◊◊ Cereus martianus Zucc - Flora 15(2): Beibl. 66 (1832)
Eriocereus martianus (Zucc)Ricc - Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8:240 (1909)
Aporocactus conzattii Br&R - Cact. 2:220" (1920)
Cereus conzattii (Br&R)Berg - Kakteen 110 (1929)
Disocactus martianus (Zucc)Barth - Bradleya 9:88 (1991)

- Stems pendant or erect, green. Ribs 8, low, obtuse. Areoles 1 cm apart. Periferal spines ±8, 5 mm long, brownish yellow, base darker. Central spines 3-4, thicker and darker. Flower 80-10 cm long, 6 cm diameter. Receptacle almost straight. Tepals smal lanceolate, pointed, pinkish red. Filaments whitish. Style and stamens much longer than tepals. Fruit globose, 2 cm diameter, greenish, spined.

- Mexico: Oaxaca, 1500-2200 m, in cloud forests and oak forests.

Curtis' Bot. Mag. 66:3768 fig 263'
Cact. 2:220, 221'
Backeberg 2:821
Bravo 1:436, 439, 440, 442"
KuaS 30(2):273"
Bradleya 7:93
Succulenta 84(4):188
NCL 78"