Leucostele bolligeriana is a species of cactus found in Chile.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Leucostele |
| Species: | L. bolligeriana
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| Leucostele bolligeriana (Mächler & Helmut Walter) Schlumpb.
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Distribution
editThis plant is native to the hills of the Coastal Cordillera in Cardenal Caro, growing in proximity to the sea and on steep slopes.[2]
Taxonomy
editInitially collected in Punta de Lobos in 2003 by Helmut Walter and classified as Echinopsis bolligeriana, the species was named in honor of Dr. Thomas Bolliger, a cactus curator in Zurich. In 2012, Albesiano identified Trichocereus chiloensis var. conjungens as a synonym, based on similarities in rib and spine morphology.[2] In 2012, Boris O. Schlumpberger reclassified the species into the genus Leucostele.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Leucostele bolligeriana (Mächler & Helmut Walter) Schlumpb". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ a b c Albesiano, Sofía (2012). "A New Taxonomic Treatment of the Genus Trichocereus (Cactaceae) in Chile". Haseltonia. 18: 116–139. doi:10.2985/026.018.0114. ISSN 1070-0048.
- ^ Boris O. Schlumpberger: New combinations in the Echinopsis alliance. In: Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives. Nr. 28, 2012, S. 30.
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