Haageocereus pseudomelanostele

(Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.

Cactaceae

+ Synonyms

Binghamia cajamarquilla Backeb.

Binghamia chosicensis (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb. ex J.West

Binghamia laredensis (Backeb.) Werderm.

Binghamia multangularis (Willd.) Britton & Rose

Binghamia pacalaensis (Backeb.) Werderm.

Binghamia pseudomelanostele (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.

Cactus kagenekii C.C.Gmel.

Cactus multangularis Willd.

Cereus chosicensis Werderm. & Backeb.

Cereus flavescens Otto ex Pfeiff.

Cereus kageneckii C.C.Gmel. ex Pfeiff.

Cereus limensis Lodd. ex C.F.Först.

Cereus limensis Salm-Dyck

Cereus multangularis Haw.

Cereus ochracanthus Pfeiff.

Cereus pacalaensis Backeb.

Cereus pseudomelanostele Werderm. & Backeb.

Echinocereus multangularis (Haw.) Haage

Echinopsis hadriatica Molinari & Mayta

Echinopsis limensis (Salm-Dyck) Molinari

Echinopsis multiangularis (Haw.) Molinari

Echinopsis pseudomelanostele (Werderm. & Backeb.) Anceschi & Magli

Echinopsis vulpes (F.Ritter) Molinari

Haageocereus acanthocladus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus acranthus metachrous Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus akersii Backeb.

Haageocereus albispinus (Akers) Backeb.

Haageocereus aureispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus chosicensis (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.

Haageocereus chrysacanthus (Akers) Backeb.

Haageocereus chryseus F.Ritter

Haageocereus clavatus (Akers) Cullmann

Haageocereus crassiareolatus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus dichromus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus divaricatispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus horrens Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus kagenekii (C.C.Gmel.) Mottram

Haageocereus laredensis Backeb.

Haageocereus limensis brevispinus F.Ritter

Haageocereus longiareolatus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus multangularis cristatus P.V.Heath

Haageocereus pacalaensis Backeb.

Haageocereus pachystele Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus peniculatus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus piliger Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus rigidispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus rubrospinus (Akers) Cullmann

Haageocereus salmonoideus (Akers) Backeb.

Haageocereus setosus (Akers) Backeb.

Haageocereus symmetros Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus tenuispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus turbidus Rauh & Backeb.

Haageocereus viridiflorus (Akers) Backeb.

Haageocereus vulpes F.Ritter

Haageocereus zangalensis F.Ritter

Haageocereus zehnderi Rauh & Backeb.

Peruvocereus albispinus Akers

Peruvocereus chrysacanthus Akers

Peruvocereus clavatus Akers

Peruvocereus multangularis (Willd.) Akers

Peruvocereus rubrospinus Akers

Peruvocereus salmonoideus Akers

Peruvocereus setosus Akers

Peruvocereus viridiflorus Akers

Common Name:

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General Information

Haageocereus pseudomelanostele is a spiny, evergreen, shrubby columnar cactus, freely branching at the base to form clusters of upright stems up to 70cm tall. The stems are up to 8cm in diameter[

1987

Title: The Cactus Family
Publication
Author: Anderson E.F.
Publisher: Timber Press; Portland, Oregon
Year: 2001
ISBN: 0-88192-498-9
Description: An excellent work, giving botanical descriptions of virtually all the cacti, together with their range (but not their habitats) and sometimes also a photo. it also contains a long chapter detailing the many uses of cacti and another on cultivation..

].
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Haageocereus pseudomelanostele has a wide range, is common where it occurs, and is not exposed to any threat. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[

338

Title: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
Author
Website: http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
Year: 0
ISBN
Description: A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

S. America - western Peru

Habitat

Coastal hills and thorny, dry mattoral; at elevations from 300 - 2,000 metres[

338

Title: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
Author
Website: http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
Year: 0
ISBN
Description: A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Habit	Evergreen Shrub
Height	0.60 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[

1438

Title: Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
Publication
Author: Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
Publisher
Year: 2014
ISBN
Description: A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics

]. Occasionally eaten[

338

Title: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
Author
Website: http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
Year: 0
ISBN
Description: A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.

]. The pale red, ovoid fruits are up to 6cm long and 4cm in diameter[

1987

Title: The Cactus Family
Publication
Author: Anderson E.F.
Publisher: Timber Press; Portland, Oregon
Year: 2001
ISBN: 0-88192-498-9
Description: An excellent work, giving botanical descriptions of virtually all the cacti, together with their range (but not their habitats) and sometimes also a photo. it also contains a long chapter detailing the many uses of cacti and another on cultivation..

]..

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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