Loxanthocereus acanthurus

(Vaupel) Backeb.

Cactaceae

+ Synonyms

× Espostocactus erectispinus (Rauh & Backeb.) G.D.Rowley

Binghamia acanthura (Vaupel) Borg

Binghamia eriotricha (Werderm. & Backeb.) Borg

Borzicactus acanthurus (Vaupel) Britton & Rose

Borzicactus eriotrichus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.

Borzicactus keller-badensis (Backeb. & Krainz) Krainz

Cereus acanthurus Vaupel

Cereus eriotrichus Werderm. & Backeb.

Cleistocactus acanthurus (Vaupel) D.R.Hunt

Cleistocactus erectispinus (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza

Cleistocactus erigens (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza

Echinopsis acanthura (Vaupel) Molinari

Echinopsis erectispina (Rauh & Backeb.) Molinari

Echinopsis erigens (Rauh & Backeb.) Molinari

Haageocereus paradoxus Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus bicolor F.Ritter

Loxanthocereus canetensis Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus cantaensis Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus convergens F.Ritter

Loxanthocereus cullmannianus Backeb.

Loxanthocereus erectispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus eremiticus F.Ritter

Loxanthocereus erigens Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus eriotrichus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.

Loxanthocereus eulalianus Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus eulaliensis Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus gracilispinus Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus keller-badensis Backeb. & Krainz

Loxanthocereus multifloccosus Rauh & Backeb.

Loxanthocereus neglectus F.Ritter

Loxanthocereus pacaranensis F.Ritter

Loxanthocereus pullatus Rauh & Backeb.

Common Name:

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General Information

Loxanthocereus acanthurus is a spiny, evergreen shrubby cactus with spreading stems, often clambering over
rocks. The stems can be crawling, ascending, or pendent, up to 30cm long and 2 - 5cm 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Loxanthocereus acanthurus has lost more than 20% of its range in the last 20 - 30 years due to land use change. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' 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

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..

Range

S. America - central coastal Peru

Habitat

Thorny dry matorral and coastal hills; at elevations from 300 - 2,500 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	Near Threatened
Edibility Rating
Habit	Evergreen Shrub
Height	0.25 m
Pollinators	Hummingbirds
Cultivation Status	Ornamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

In cultivation, Cactus plants generally will not succeed in moist climates. They usually require a sunny position in a well-drained, circumneutral soil and to be kept more or less dry in the dormant season[

200

Title: The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
Publication
Author: Huxley. A.
Publisher: MacMillan Press
Year: 1992
ISBN: 0-333-47494-5
Description: Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

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

]. The globose fruits are around 20 - 25mm 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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