Described in 2002 as a subspecies of Arrojadoa multiflora differing primarily in lacking a cephalic ring from which flowers are borne; in...Read Morestead, flowers are born of normal areoles in a hairy flowering zone along the side of the plant (similar to Micranthocereus). Machado (2006) demonstrated that the similarities to Arrojadoa are an amazing example of convergence (or the result of an ancient hybrid origin with Arrojadoa), and the species is clearly allied to Micranthocereus instead.
Described in 2002 as a subspecies of Arrojadoa multiflora differing primarily in lacking a cephalic ring from which flowers are borne; in...Read More