Harrisia fernowii

Harrisia fernowii is a species of cactus found in Cuba.^[1]

Harrisia fernowii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Harrisia
Species:	H. fernowii
Binomial name
Harrisia fernowii Britton

Description

Harrisia fernowii grows with multi-branched, light green shoots up to 2.5 centimeters in diameter and reaches heights of 2.5 to 3 meters. There are nine not very prominent, shallowly notched ribs. The eight to eleven light brown thorns have a darker tip and are up to 6 centimeters long.

The flowers are up to 20 centimeters long. Its floral tube and pericarpel are covered with pointed, 1 to 2 centimeter long scales and tufts of long, brown hairs.^[2]

Distribution

Harrisia fernowii is widespread in Cuba.

Taxonomy

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton was published in 1909.^[3] The specific epithet fernowii honors American forester Bernhard Eduard Fernow (1851–1923).^[4]