Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata

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Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata (Buining) Buining

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis densispina Werderm.
Kakteenkunde 142, fig. 1934

Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Origin and Habitat: Santa Victoria to Quebrada del Toro, Salta, Argentina.

Synonyms:

Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata (Buining) Buining

Hymenorebutia albolanata Buining
Lobivia albolanata (Buining) Krainz
Lobivia densispina f. albolanata (Buining) Buining
Lobivia haematantha var. rebutioides f. albolanata

See all synonyms of Echinopsis densispina

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis densispina Werderm.
Kakteenkunde 142, fig. 1934
Synonymy: 103

Echinopsis densispina Werderm.

Hymenorebutia densispina (Werderm.) Buining
Lobivia densispina (Werderm.) Harden
Lobivia densispina f. aurantiaca (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. densispina (Werderm.) Backeb.
Lobivia haematantha subs. densispina (Werderm.) Rausch
Lobivia haematantha var. densispina (Werderm.) Rausch

Echinopsis densispina f. albiflora (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. albiflora (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. albiflora (Wessner) Krainz
Lobivia pectinifera var. albiflora Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata (Buining) Buining

Hymenorebutia albolanata Buining
Lobivia albolanata (Buining) Krainz
Lobivia densispina f. albolanata (Buining) Buining
Lobivia haematantha var. rebutioides f. albolanata

Echinopsis densispina f. aurantiaca (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia famatimensis var. aurantiaca (Wessner) Backeb.
Lobivia pectinifera var. aurantiaca Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. blossfeldii (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina var. blossfeldii Wessner
Lobivia densispina f. blossfeldii (Wessner) Buining

Echinopsis densispina f. chlorogona (Wessner) Buining

Hymenorebutia chlorogona (Wessner) F.Ritter
Lobivia chlorogona Wessner
Lobivia haematantha f. chlorogona (Wessner) J.Ullmann

Echinopsis densispina f. cinnabarina (Backeb. ex Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. cinnabarina (Backeb. ex Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. cinnabarina (Backeb. ex Wessner) Backeb.
Lobivia pectinifera var. cinnabarina Backeb. ex Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. citriflora (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. citriflora (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. citriflora (Wessner) Krainz
Lobivia pectinifera var. citriflora Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. citriniflora (Backeb.) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. citriniflora (Backeb.) Buining
Lobivia rebutioides var. citriniflora Backeb.

Echinopsis densispina f. cupreoviridis (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia chlorogona var. cupreoviridis Wessner
Lobivia densispina f. cupreoviridis (Wessner) Buining

Echinopsis densispina f. eburnea (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. eburnea (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. eburnea (Wessner) Krainz
Lobivia pectinifera var. eburnea Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. haematantha (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. haematantha (Backeb. ex Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. haematantha (Backeb. ex Wessner) Backeb.
Lobivia pectinifera var. haematantha Backeb. ex Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. kraussiana (Backeb.) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. kraussiana (Backeb.) Buining
Lobivia rebutioides var. kraussiana Backeb.

Echinopsis densispina var. kreuzingeri (Frič ex Buining) Buining

Hymenorebutia kreuzingeri Frič ex Buining
Lobivia densispina var. kreuzingeri (Frič ex Buining) Buining
Lobivia kreuzingeri (Frič ex Buining) Krainz

Echinopsis densispina var. pectinifera (Wessner) J.G.Lamb.

Echinopsis densispina f. pectinifera (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia haematantha var. pectinifera (Wessner) Rausch ex G.D.Rowley
Lobivia haematantha f. pectinifera (Wessner) J.Ullmann
Lobivia haematantha var. rebutioides f. pectinifera
Lobivia pectinifera Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. purpureostoma (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia chlorogona var. purpureostoma Wessner
Lobivia densispina f. purpureostoma (Wessner) Buining

Echinopsis densispina var. rebutioides (Backeb.) Buining

Echinopsis rebutioides (Backeb.) Friedrich
Hymenorebutia rebutioides (Backeb.) Buining
Lobivia densispina var. rebutioides (Backeb.) Buining
Lobivia haematantha var. rebutioides (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
Lobivia rebutioides Backeb.

Echinopsis densispina f. rubroviridis (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia chlorogona var. rubroviridis Wessner
Lobivia densispina f. rubroviridis (Wessner) Buining

Echinopsis densispina f. sanguinea (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina var. sanguinea Wessner
Lobivia densispina f. sanguinea (Wessner) Buining

Echinopsis densispina f. setosa (Backeb.) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. setosa (Backeb.) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. setosa Backeb.

Echinopsis densispina f. subcarnea (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. subcarnea (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. subcarnea (Wessner) Krainz
Lobivia pectinifera var. subcarnea Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. sublimiflora (Backeb. ex Wessner) Buining

Hymenorebutia sublimiflora (Backeb.) Buining
Lobivia densispina f. sublimiflora (Backeb. ex Wessner) Buining
Lobivia haematantha var. sublimiflora (Wessner) Rausch in Rausch
Lobivia haematantha f. sublimiflora (Backeb. ex Wessner) J.Ullmann
Lobivia haematantha subvar. sublimiflora (Backeb.) Rausch
Lobivia rebutioides var. sublimiflora (Backeb. ex Wessner) Backeb.
Lobivia sublimiflora Backeb. ex Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. sufflava (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. sufflava (Wessner) Buining
Lobivia famatimensis var. sufflava (Wessner) Krainz
Lobivia pectinifera var. sufflava Wessner

Echinopsis densispina f. versicolor (Wessner) Buining

Lobivia chlorogona var. versicolor Wessner
Lobivia densispina f. versicolor (Wessner) Buining

Echinopsis densispina f. wessneriana (Fritzen) Buining

Lobivia densispina f. wessneriana (Fritzen) Buining
Lobivia haematantha f. wessneriana (Fritzen) J.Ullmann
Lobivia wessneriana Fritzen

Lobivia pectinifera var. rosiflora - Backeb. ex Wessner

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata cristata
Synonymy: 2

Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata cristata

Lobivia albolanata f. cristata hort.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis densispina f. cristata
Synonymy: 2

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Description: Echinopsis densispinaSN|12452]]SN|12452]] f. albolanata (Lobivia albolanataSN|12465]]SN|12465]]) is a solitary or slowly branching white woolly form of Echinopsis densispinaSN|12452]]SN|12452]]. However the distinguishing soft white spines of Echinopsis densispinaSN|12452]]SN|12452]] f. albolanata, appear to fall within the natural variation of Echinopsis densispinaSN|12452]]SN|12452]] and it should be synonymized with the latter.
Stem: 3-6 cm in diameter, 4-10 cm tall, short columnar, somewhat woolly, especially near the crown of the plant. Epidermis glaucous-green to dark purplish red coloured in full sun.
Ribs: Not very prominent, vertical and shortly tuberculated.
Areoles: Fluffy white.
Radial spines: 12-20 or more, short up to 1 cm (usually less) very fine, flexible, whitish and almost pectinated.
Central spines: Usually absent, but occasionally 1 or 2 stronger and darker.
Roots:Fat tuberose tap root.
Flowers: Golden yellow. It's supposed to be free flowering but plant start flowering only when 4-5 years old.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinopsis densispina group

Echinopsis densispina Werderm.: Solitary or in clusters from a large tap root. The stem is dull green or brown-purplish-green, the spines are quite variable in form, length and number, forming a close network that shades and in many cases almost hides the body.
Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata cristata: Striking crested cactus that will soon form a white brain-like mound.
Echinopsis densispina f. albolanata (Buining) Buining: This is the white woolly form of Lobivia densispina It has approx 12-20 radial spines, short up to 1 cm (but usually less) very fine, flexible, whitish and almost pectinated. Central spines usually absent.
Echinopsis densispina f. aurantiaca (Wessner) Buining: has yellow or orngish flowers and tight pectinate spines, all radials.
Echinopsis densispina f. cristata "mauve type": Crested form with very dark mauve stems and tiny spines that forms a dense coating.
Echinopsis densispina f. cristata: Dark green to red-purple ribs with flat tubercles between which the areoles appear.
Echinopsis densispina var. pectinifera (Wessner) J.G.Lamb.: has short pectinated spines. Distribution: Tilcara, Jujuy, Argentina.
Echinopsis densispina f. sublimiflora (Backeb. ex Wessner) Buining: has diaphanous, pectinate spines, central spine blacker and pointing upwards. The beautiful flowers are very large for the size of plant, lustrous salmon-pink to carmine in colour.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Walther Haage “Cacti as House Plants” Studio Vista, 1965
2) Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
3) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey "The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass" Cambridge University Press, 11/Aug/2011
4) David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. "The New Cactus Lexicon" dh books, 2006
5) Curt Backeberg: “Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde” Volume V, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1982–1985
6) Lowry, M. 2013. Echinopsis densispina. In: IUCN 2013. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species." Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 January 2014.