Echinopsis aurea
Common Name(s): Golden Cob, Golden Easter Lily Cactus
Synonym(s): Lobivia aurea, Pseudolobivia aurea, Hymenorebutia aurea, Lobivia shaferi, Lobivia cylindrica, Echinopsis fallax, Lobivia leucomalla, Hymenorebutia leucomalla, Echinopsis leucomalla, Lobivia fallax, Lobivia cylindracea, Echinopsis cylindracea, Pseudolobivia luteiflora
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 3
p.74 - Britton & Rose (1920)Plants solitary, small, globular to shrot-cylindric, 5 to 10 cm high; ribs 14 or 15, acute on the edge, separated by deep intervals; areoles when young filled with short brown wool; radial spines about 10, 1 cm long; central spines usually 4, much stouter than the radials, often flattened, 2 to 3 cm long; flowers from the side of the plant; flower-tube slightly curved, funnelform, greenish white, its scales ovate-linear, 4 to 6 mm long, pale green but reddish at base, their axils filled with black and white hairs; flower-bud 9 cm long, when young covered with long silky hairs; expanded flower 8 cm broad, the perianth-segments in about 3 series, lemon-yellow, the inner ones deeper colored, about 20, oblong, mucronately tipped; filaments in 2 series inserted near the base of the throat, included; style green, very short and included, only 3 cm long; stigma-lobes linear, cream-colored; scales on ovary small, their axils filled with long hairs; fruit not known |
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey
Photographer: Suleyman
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: John and Yingtsih Balcom's Private Collection
Photographer: John Balcom
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: John and Yingtsih Balcom's Private Collection
Photographer: John Balcom
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Horacio de la Fuente
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Sanagasta, La Rioja, Argentina
Photographer: Tini and Jacob Wijpkema
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Northern Patagonia
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Northern Patagonia
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Northern Patagonia
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Northern Patagonia
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Northern Patagonia
Photographer: Craig Howe
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Echinopsis aurea var. quinesensis
Common Name(s): Golden Cob, Golden Easter Lily Cactus
Synonym(s): Lobivia aurea, Pseudolobivia aurea, Hymenorebutia aurea, Lobivia shaferi, Lobivia cylindrica, Echinopsis fallax, Lobivia leucomalla, Hymenorebutia leucomalla, Echinopsis leucomalla, Lobivia fallax, Lobivia cylindracea, Echinopsis cylindracea, Pseudolobivia luteiflora
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E. aurea var. quinesensis
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Picture taken at: John and Yingtsih Balcom's Private Collection
Photographer: John Balcom
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E. aurea var. quinesensis
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Picture taken at: John and Yingtsih Balcom's Private Collection
Photographer: John Balcom
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Echinopsis aurea subsp. shaferi
Common Name(s): Golden Cob, Golden Easter Lily Cactus
Synonym(s): Lobivia aurea, Pseudolobivia aurea, Hymenorebutia aurea, Lobivia shaferi, Lobivia cylindrica, Echinopsis fallax, Lobivia leucomalla, Hymenorebutia leucomalla, Echinopsis leucomalla, Lobivia fallax, Lobivia cylindracea, Echinopsis cylindracea, Pseudolobivia luteiflora
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Original Description: The Cactaceae 3
p.52 - Britton & Rose (1920)Cespitose, at first globose, becoming cylindric, 7 to 15 cm high, 2.5 to 4 cm in diameter, densely covered with spines; ribs about 10, very low; areoles approximate; radial spines 10 to 15, acicular, white or brown, 1cm long or less; central spines several, one often much stouter than the others, 3 cm long; buds very hairy; flowers 4 to 6 cm long, funnelform, bright yellow, the tube stout, the limb 3 to 4 cm broad; scales on ovary and flower-tube linear to ovate-linear, acute, their axils bearing long white hairs; style greenish white; stigma-lobes cream-colored. |
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E. aurea subsp. shaferi
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Picture taken at: John and Yingtsih Balcom's Private Collection
Photographer: John Balcom
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E. aurea subsp. shaferi
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Picture taken at: John and Yingtsih Balcom's Private Collection
Photographer: John Balcom
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Echinopsis aurea subsp. fallax
Common Name(s): Golden Cob, Golden Easter Lily Cactus
Synonym(s): Lobivia aurea, Pseudolobivia aurea, Hymenorebutia aurea, Lobivia shaferi, Lobivia cylindrica, Echinopsis fallax, Lobivia leucomalla, Hymenorebutia leucomalla, Echinopsis leucomalla, Lobivia fallax, Lobivia cylindracea, Echinopsis cylindracea, Pseudolobivia luteiflora
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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E. aurea subsp. fallax
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Picture taken at: Habitat in Argentina
Photographer: Craig Howe
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Echinopsis aurea var. dobeana
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Lobivia aurea, Pseudolobivia aurea, Hymenorebutia aurea, Lobivia shaferi, Lobivia cylindrica, Echinopsis fallax, Lobivia leucomalla, Hymenorebutia leucomalla, Echinopsis leucomalla, Lobivia fallax, Lobivia cylindracea, Echinopsis cylindracea, Pseudolobivia luteiflora, Lobivia dobeana, Lobivia aurea dobeana
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E. aurea var. dobeana
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Picture taken at: Vladimir Malov's Private Collection
Photographer: Vladimir Malov
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