Eriosyce nigrihorrida var. parviflora

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Eriosyce nigrihorrida var. parviflora (F.Ritter) hort.
[Basyonym: Neoporteria clavata var. parviflora F.Ritter. 1966]
Family: CACTACEAE

= Neoporteria clavata f. parviflora F.Ritter
Succulenta (Netherlands) 1966: 131

Accepted Scientific Name: Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 119 (1994)

Eriosyce nigrihorrida var. parviflora (Neoporteria clavata f. parviflora) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Origin and Habitat: Coastal Chile (Approx from Valparaiso to Maule)
Habitat: Grows on rocky outcrop on costal terraces cliffs, slopes, often hanging from rocks, from areas with very arid Mediterranean climate to areas of transition between Mediterranean climate and humid forest.

Synonyms:

Neoporteria clavata f. parviflora F.Ritter

Eriosyce clavata var. parviflora (F.Ritter)
Eriosyce nigrihorrida var. parviflora (F.Ritter) hort.

See all synonyms of Eriosyce subgibbosa

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce subgibbosa (Haw.) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 119 (1994)
Synonymy: 69

Eriosyce subgibbosa (Haw.) Katt.

Chilenia subgibbosa (Haw.) Backeb.
Euporteria subgibbosa (Haw.) Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria subgibbosa (Haw.) Britton & Rose

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. acutissima (Otto & A.Dietr.)

Chilenia acutissima (Otto & A.Dietr.) Backeb.
Echinocactus acutissimus Otto & A.Dietr.
Euporteria acutissima (Otto & A.Dietr.) Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria acutissima (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg

Eriosyce subgibbosa var. castanea (F.Ritter) Katt.

Eriosyce castanea F.Ritter
Neoporteria castanea F.Ritter
Neoporteria subgibbosa var. castanea (F.Ritter) Ferryman

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. castaneoides (Cels ex Salm-Dyck)

Chilenia castaneoides (Cels ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Echinocactus castaneoides Cels ex Salm-Dyck
Euporteria castaneoides (Cels ex Salm-Dyck) Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria castaneoides (Cels ex Salm-Dyck) Werderm.
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. castaneoides (Cels ex Salm-Dyck) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. chionacantha (Y.Itô)

Neoporteria subgibbosa var. chionacantha Y.Itô

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. exsculpta (Otto ex Pfeiff.)

Echinocactus exsculptus Otto ex Pfeiff.
Neoporteria exsculpta (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Borg

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. graciana (F.Ritter)

Neoporteria microsperma var. graciana F.Ritter

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. heteracantha (Kreuz. & Buining)

Chilenia heteracantha Backeb.
Euporteria heteracantha Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria heteracantha Backeb.
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. heteracantha (Backeb.) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa var. litoralis (F.Ritter) Katt.

Neoporteria litoralis F.Ritter
Neoporteria litoralis var. intermedia
Neoporteria litoralis var. robustispina Y.Itô
Neoporteria subgibbosa var. intermedia (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Neoporteria subgibbosa var. litoralis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. litoralis (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. major (Backeb.)

Chilenia nigrihorrida var. major Backeb.
Neoporteria nigrihorrida var. major Backeb.
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. major (Backeb.) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. microsperma (F.Ritter)

Neoporteria microsperma F.Ritter
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. microsperma (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria wagenknechtii var. microsperma (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. minor (Backeb.)

Chilenia nigrihorrida var. minor Backeb.
Neoporteria nigrihorrida var. minor Backeb.
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. minor (Backeb.) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. orientalis (F.Ritter)

Neoporteria subgibbosa var. orientalis F.Ritter

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. rostrata (Jacobi)

Chilenia rostrata (Jacobi) Backeb.
Echinocactus rostratus Jacobi
Hildmannia rostrata (Jacobi) Kreuz. & Buining
Neochilenia rostrata (Jacobi) Backeb.

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. serenana (F.Ritter)

Neoporteria microsperma var. serenana F.Ritter & Y.Itô
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. serenana (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. subcylindrica (Backeb.)

Chilenia subcylindrica Backeb.
Euporteria subcylindrica Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria subcylindrica (Backeb.) Backeb.
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. subcylindrica (Backeb.) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. tunensis (F.Ritter)

Neoporteria castanea var. tunensis F.Ritter
Neoporteria subgibbosa f. tunensis (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Neoporteria cachitaensis n.n., catalog name

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Katt.
Eriosyce (Cactac.) gen. revis. & ampl. (Succ. Pl. Res., 1) 119 (1994)
Synonymy: 40

Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Katt.

Arequipa clavata (Söhrens) Borg
Echinocactus clavatus Söhrens
Eriosyce clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Helmut Walter
Euporteria clavata (Söhrens) Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Werderm.

Eriosyce subgibbosa var. nigrihorrida (Backeb. ex A.W.Hill) Katt.

Chilenia nigrihorrida Backeb. ex A.W.Hill
Chilenia nigrihorrida Backeb.
Echinocactus nigrihorridus
Eriosyce clavata subs. nigrihorrida (Backeb. ex A.W.Hill) Helmut Walter
Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. nigrihorrida (Backeb. ex A.W.Hill) Katt.
Euporteria nigrihorrida (Backeb. ex A.W.Hill) Kreuz. & Buining
Neoporteria clavata var. nigrihorrida (Backeb.) A.E.Hoffm.
Neoporteria nigrihorrida (Backeb. ex A.W.Hill) Backeb.
Neoporteria nigrispina n.n.
Neoporteria subgibbosa var. nigrihorrida (Backeb.) Donald & G.D.Rowley

Eriosyce subgibbosa f. rapifera (F.Ritter & Y.Itô)

Neoporteria rapifera F.Ritter & Y.Itô

Eriosyce subgibbosa var. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Katt.

Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Horridocactus vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Backeb.
Neoporteria curvispina var. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria subgibbosa var. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Neoporteria vallenarensis F.Ritter
Neoporteria wagenknechtii var. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Pyrrhocactus vallenarensis F.Ritter

Eriosyce subgibbosa var. wagenknechtii (F.Ritter) Katt.

Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. wagenknechtii (F.Ritter) Katt.
Neochilenia wagenknechtii (F.Ritter) Backeb.
Neoporteria jussieui var. wagenknechtii (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Neoporteria wagenknechtii F.Ritter
Pyrrhocactus wagenknechtii F.Ritter

Eriosyce subgibbosa var. wagenknechtii f. napina (F.Ritter)

Neoporteria wagenknechtii var. napina F.Ritter

Neoporteria clavata f. grandiflora F.Ritter
Neoporteria clavata f. parviflora F.Ritter

Eriosyce clavata var. parviflora (F.Ritter)
Eriosyce nigrihorrida var. parviflora (F.Ritter) hort.

Neoporteria clavata f. procera F.Ritter

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Description: Eriosyce subgibbosaSN|2931]]SN|2931]] var. clavata f. grandiflora|SN|21616]] is one of the innumerable and controversial form and variety of Eriosyce subgibbosaSN|2931]]SN|2931]] which is a very variable species forming cylindrical stems. Eriosyce subgibbosaSN|2931]]SN|2931]] var. clavata has flowers of variable size, the large flowered form is sometime classified as forma "grandiflora" while the small flowered one is named forma "parviflora". However the extent of variation in Eriosyce subgibbosaSN|2931]]SN|2931]] has led most authors to conclude that "grandiflora" and "parviflora" are not sufficiently distinct to deserve their own formal status.
Stem: Solitary, but sometimes branched, globular to columnar, up to 90 cm tall (or more), up to 10 cm wide. Grey-green, brownish-green or blackish-green. ("clavata" means "club shaped" and refers to the usually cylindrical stem shape of this form)
Ribs: up to 20
Spines: Nearly hiding the ribs, acicular, more or less long and dense, white, yellowish, golden yellow, brown, or nearly black, while older one became greyish.
Radial spines: 8-30, radiating,
Central spines: 4 (or more) stronger, straight or recurved and spreading, often darker at the tips..
Flower: Pretty relatively small up to about 4 cm long, bi-coloured with magenta, rose to the violet petal tips and pinkish-white, white or yellowish-white throat, giving the sensation of being fluorescent and being very difficult to photograph in good conditions because that particularity.
Blooming season: Blooms early in late winter to spring. It is advisable to leave them dry from middle of November to obtain fantastic flowering later in January/March.
Fruits: Ovoid to cylindrical, partly hollow at maturity, only scarcely woolly, apical areoles not spinescent.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Eriosyce subgibbosa group

Eriosyce subgibbosa (Haw.) Katt.: This is the form with more elongated stems, with 8 to 30 thin, acicular, radial spines per areole, spines often yellowish.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. castanea (F.Ritter) Katt.: It has thin short and acicular radial spines and globose stems that will sometimes offset. The flowers can get up to 6 cm long (the larger among the "subgibbosa" forms).
Eriosyce subgibbosa subs. clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Katt.: It has from 11 to 13 thick radial spines per areole and slender stems.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. litoralis (F.Ritter) Katt.: It is very spiny and has from 30 to 40 hairlike radial spines per areole it grows in the rocks.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. nigrihorrida (Backeb. ex A.W.Hill) Katt.: has globose blackish-green body and stout straight spines which are pitch-black in the crown. The flowers are bi-coloured with carmine petal tips and yellowish-white throat. Distribution: South Coquimbo.
Eriosyce subgibbosa f. rapifera (F.Ritter & Y.Itô): has a purple body with black spines and a swollen carrot like root. Distribution: la Serena and adjacent areas.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Katt.: It has from 9 to 24 thin & straight radial spine per areole and slender stems.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. wagenknechtii (F.Ritter) Katt.: has fewer ribs and smaller flowers less tha 3 cm long. It has dark-grey or blackish spines. Distribution: la Serena and adjacent areas.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. wagenknechtii f. napina (F.Ritter): has a swollen carrot like root often much larger than the standard stem. Distribution: la Serena and adjacent areas.
Neoporteria cachitaensis n.n., catalog name: Distribution: Cachita (East of Taltal), region 02 Antofagasta, Chile.
Neoporteria clavata f. grandiflora F.Ritter: has larger flowers. Distribution: Coastal Chile (East of La Serena to West of Vicuña)
Neoporteria clavata f. parviflora F.Ritter: has smaller flowers. Coastal Chile (Approx from Valparaiso to Maule)
Neoporteria clavata f. procera F.Ritter: Has stouter dark recurved spines. Distribution: Cerro Grande, altitude 300-500 m.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
2) Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose “Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family” vol. 4 The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923
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 ISBN 0953813444, 9780953813445
5) Fred Kattermann "Eriosyce (Cactaceae): The Genus Revised and Amplified" David Hunt, 1994

Eriosyce nigrihorrida var. parviflora (Neoporteria clavata f. parviflora) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Cultivation and Propagation: It is a summer grower species. Easy to cultivate but somewhat rot prone if kept in a non ventilated place. Require a very fast draining drying soil, water regularly in summer, but do not over-water.
Needs a full sun exposure (or light shade) Good heat tolerance. Hardy to at least -5°C ( but probably can tolerate - 10° C for brief periods).
Propagation: Usually propagated from Seeds. (seldom produces offsets)

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