Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. aguilarii Augustin & Gertel - Cactus & Co. 3 (3): 117–118, 1999
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Synonyms:
Weingartia tiraquensis var. aguilarii (Augustin & Gertel) Hentzschel & Augustin - Gymnocalycium 21 (2): 782, 2008
Type:
Heinz Swoboda (HS) 220, HT : zss, IT : LPB
Type Locality:
Bolivia, Dept. Copchabamba, Prov. Carrasco, about 200 km east of Cochabamba, near Pojo
Distribution:
Bolivia, only locally about 5 km east of Pojo
Altitude:
2900m
Collection No:
HS220, G176, G243, RM235, VS529, VZ405, VZ406 etc.
Flowering:
Extra Info:
This variety is only known from a formerly very humid area near the Serrania Siberia. Du to climate change the area is now completely dry, at least for part of the year with no known consequences for these plants. S. tiraquensis v. aguilarii usually has exceptionally soft spines and more or less pink flowers.
Gertel W. & Vries J. de (2007): Sulcorebutia [III] - A revision of the species of the northern distribution area -Cactus & Co., 11 (3): 133-159
Gertel W. & Vries J. de (2008): Eine Revision der Sulcorebutien des nördlichen Verbreitungsgebietes - Teil III: Der Sulcorebutia tiraquensis (Cárdenas) Ritter Komplex -
Echinopseen, 5 (2): 45-67
Compiler:
Gertel, Willi / de / 2019.03.05.
