Cleistocactus colademononis

Cleistocactus colademononis is a succulent of the family Cactaceae. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3] It is native to Bolivia.^[2] It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the golden rat-tail cactus Cleistocactus winteri, Cleistocactus winteri subsp. colademono.

Cleistocactus colademononis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Cleistocactus
Species:	C. colademononis
Binomial name
Cleistocactus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Mottram
Synonyms[2]
Bolivicereus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Lodé Bolivicereus simius-cauda Lodé Borzicactus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Lodé Cleistocactus winteri subsp. colademono D.R.Hunt Hildewintera colademononis Diers & Krahn Winterocereus colademononis (Diers & Krahn) Metzing & R.Kiesling

External links

• Media related to Cleistocactus winteri subsp. colademono at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cleistocactus winteri at Wikispecies