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49 metal money, including: Cleistocactus baumannii Cleistocactus candelilla Cleistocactus dependens Cleistocactus fieldianus Cleistocactus hildegardiae Cleistocactus hyalacanthus Cleistocactus icosagonus Cleistocactus parapetiensis Cleistocactus reae Cleistocactus samaipatanus Cleistocactus sepium Cleistocactus serpens Cleistocactus sextonianus Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus Cleistocastus strausii Cleistocactus tarijensis Cleistocactus tominensis Cleistocactus winteri

Cleistocactus is a genus of columnar cacti from Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina. A title comes from either a Greek kleistos meaning closed because a flowers hardly open.

A stems come tall & mostly slender & typically many branched by having numerous ribs sustaining closely placed areoles and spines. A flowers come cannular & a tips hardly open using exclusively a style and stamens usually protruding.

Synonymy
A as a result genera keep close at hand been brought into synonymity sustaining this genus: Akersia Buining Bolivicereus Cárdenas Borzicactella H.Johnson ex F.Ritter Borzicactus Riccob Borzicereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. volt-ampere.) Cephalocleistocactus F.Ritter Cleistocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. volt-ampere.) Clistanthocereus Backeb. Demnosa Fric Gymnanthocereus Backeb. Hildewintera F.Ritter Loxanthocereus Backeb. Maritimocereus Akers Pseudoechinocereus Buining (nom. inval.) Seticereus Backeb. Seticleistocactus Backeb. Winteria F.Ritter Winterocereus Backeb.

Cleistocactus jujuyensis
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Cleistocactus pojoensis
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Cleistocactus wendlandiorum
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Cleistocactus strausii




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