Leucostele atacamensis

Leucostele atacamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Leucostele
Species:
L. atacamensis
Binomial name
Leucostele atacamensis
(Phil.) Schlumpb.
Synonyms
  • Cereus atacamensis Phil. 1860
  • Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley 1974
  • Helianthocereus atacamensis (Phil.) Backeb. 1959
  • Trichocereus atacamensis (Phil.) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock 1941

Leucostele atacamensis (cardón) is a species of cactus from Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The wood of this species can be used in building and in making furniture.[2]

  1. ^ Chile), Universidad de; Assessment), Helmut Walter (Global Cactus; Assessment), Luis Faundez (Global Cactus (2011-05-03). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, pp. 257–258