Trichocereus rivierei

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Trichocereus rivierei (Backeb.) Krainz
Städtische Sukkulentensammlung Zürich, Kat. Kult. Stehenden Art., ed. 2 ed. 2 115. 1967
Family: CACTACEAE

= Echinopsis rivierei (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 97 (1974).

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 94. 1974

Synonyms:

Echinopsis rivierei (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley

Leucostele rivieri Backeb.
Trichocereus rivierei (Backeb.) Krainz

See all synonyms of Echinopsis atacamensis

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 94. 1974
Synonymy: 9

Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley

Cereus atacamensis Phil. in Phil.
Helianthocereus atacamensis (Phil.) Backeb.
Trichocereus atacamensis (Phil.) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock

Echinopsis atacamensis f. eremophilus (F.Ritter)

Trichocereus eremophilus F.Ritter

Echinopsis rivierei (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley

Leucostele rivieri Backeb.
Trichocereus rivierei (Backeb.) Krainz

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) G.Navarro
Lazaroa 17: 54. 1996
Synonymy: 11

Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) G.Navarro

Cephalocereus pasacanus (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) F.A.C.Weber
Cereus pasacana (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) F.A.C.Weber
Echinopsis pasacana (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Helianthocereus pasacanus (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) Backeb.
Pilocereus pasacanus F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler
Trichocereus atacamensis var. pasacanus (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) F.Ritter
Trichocereus pasacana (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) Britton & Rose
Trichocereus pasacanus (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) Britton & Rose

Echinopsis cephalopasacana (Frič)

Trichocereus cephalopasacanus Frič

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana f. brevispina hort.
Synonymy: 3

Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana f. brevispina hort.

Echinopsis pasacana f. brevispina hort.
Trichocereus pasacana f. brevispinus hort.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana f. cristata hort.
Synonymy: 3

Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana f. cristata hort.

Echinopsis pasacana f. cristata hort.
Trichocereus pasacana f. cristatus hort.

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

Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley: Tree-like columnar cactus up to 7 m high. Usually unbranched or few branched, cylindrical stems have many deep ribs with brown aureoles, each bearing 30 to 40 spines up to 10 cm long. Distribution: Chile.
Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana (F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) G.Navarro: Often branched, attaining heights of 10 m or more. Distribution: Argentina and Bolivia.
Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana f. brevispina hort.: Short spined, almost spineless form (hybrid?)
Echinopsis atacamensis subs. pasacana f. cristata hort.: Crested form.
Echinopsis rivierei (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley: A tall columnar plant, rarely branching, up to 2 m high. Branches with many distinct ribs, areoles woolly with long white spines.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Anderson, Edward F. (2001), "The Cactus Family" Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5
2) Curt Backeberg “Cactus Lexicon” Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1978
3) Keith Grantham, Paul Klaassen “The plantfinder's guide to cacti & other succulents” Timber Press, 18/mag/1999
4) Britton & Rose "The Cactaceae" 4: 273, 1923
5) Hiroshi Hirao “Colour encyclopaedia of cacti” Japan 1979 (Japanese language and script)
6) Willy Cullmann, Erich Götz (Dozent Dr.), Gerhard Gröner “The encyclopedia of cacti” Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1986
7) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006 ISBN 0953813444, 9780953813445
8) Theodore H. Fleming, Alfonso Valiente Banuet “Columnar Cacti and Their Mutualists: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation” University of Arizona Press, 2002

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