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The Werner Rauh Heritage Project
Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg (COS Heidelberg)
Dept. Biodiversity and Plant Systematics
Im Neuenheimer Feld 345 • D-69120 Heidelberg • Germany

Rauh K 153 (1956)
Loxanthocereus riomajensis

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alternative gathering number: K153
Collector(s): Werner Rauh
URCI*: 560042015300 • WRHP-Entry: 1274 • Typus!
cf. Entry 583
Taxon (Basionym): Loxanthocereus riomajensis Rauh & Backeb. Details on Taxon 299
(Cactaceae) — WRHP-Taxon 299
Collected as: «[unknown]»
Comment (Taxonomy): According to protologue possibly belonging to the genus Haageocereus. [CNS 2011-01-12]
Name(s) of accession: Loxanthocereus riomajensis   Tropicos
Collected part: , nothing indicated
Gathering date: 1956
Location (Entry): «Peruvia australis (Vallis Rio Majes ...) {E-Peru (Rio Majes valley ...)}»

Peru (PE), Departamento Arequipa
Environement: «in locis declivibus siccis {dry steep places}»
1500 m.s.m.
  Location was concluded from protologue.
Herbarium specimen:
HEID 702366
Source of data: Protologue Curt Backeberg (1957): Descriptiones Cactacearum Novarum, p. 15.
Entry comment: Coordinates of entry estimated according to elevation. [CNS 2010-01-12]
Taxon set by Christof Nikolaus Schröder (CNS) according to protologue.
Dataset rudimentary; at least legname, legnumber, legdate, fieldbook page and taxon    succulent plant

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Coordinates rounded to 0.1.
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Title: The Werner Rauh Heritage Project: Rauh K 153 (1956) — Loxanthocereus riomajensis Rauh & Backeb. (Cactaceae)
URL:</entry?1274> [2025-02-26]

The project and database design have been announced in the following paper:
Authors: Marcus A. Koch, Christof Nikolaus Schröder, Markus Kiefer & Peter Sack (2013)
Title: A treasure trove of plant biodiversity from the 20th century: the Werner Rauh Heritage Project at Heidelberg Botanical Garden and Herbarium.
In: Plant Systematics and Evolution, November 2013, Vol. 299, Issue 9, pp. 17931800. [online]



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