◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:256 (1913)
◊◊ Phyllocactus cartagensis Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:462
(1902)
Phyllocactus cartagensis refractus Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:462
(1902)
Phyllocactus cartagensis robustus Web - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 15:180
(1905)
- to 3 m long, stems usually short, 4-5 cm wide, crenations widely apart, green. Flower 15-18 cm long, 12 cm diameter. Ovary with very small scales, 12 cm diameter. Receptacle 10-15 cm long, thin, reddish, with some scales, widely apart. Outer petals pink to yellowish. Inner petals white, 5-7 cm long. Filaments in one row, white. Style pink to white, stigtmas yellow. Fruit oblong, 7-8 cm long, 3 cm diameter, red, pulpa white. Flower size and colour of the stigmas are variable.
- Costa Rica: Cartago (T), Guanacaste, San José.
Cact. 4:197
Ep. Hb. 152
Backeberg 2:752
KuaS 9(2):28-30"; 25(6):134"; 28(3):64
Icones. Pl. Succ. 30:23-26" (1958)
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:19
NCL 105"
Succulenta 67(11):242