Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

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Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Trichocereeae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Species: C. hyalacanthus
Binomial name
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is a species of columnar cactus in the genus Cleistocactus. The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.

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