Aylostera camargoensis description


Rebutia (Aylostera) camargoensis was originally published in Succulenta 55(3): 41-2, the journal of the Nederlands-Belgische Vereniging Van Liefhebbers Van Cactussen En Andere Vetplanten by Walter Rausch in 1976.

Here is the text of the description in Latin as published, but you should look up the original for more details, including extensive additional notes in Dutch, plus photographs. The English translation below is my own.

Rebutia (Aylostera) camargoensis Rausch spec. nova

Simlex, raro proliferans, ad 25 mm alta et diametiens, clareviridis; costis 13-14, rectis vel subtortis, in gibberes 2-3 mm longos et altos divisis; areolis ovalibus, 2,5 mm longis et 1,5 mm latis, albo-tomentosis; aculeis marginalibus 16-20, ad 10 mm longis, divaricatis et inter se contextis; aculeis centralibus 1-2, ad 20 mm longis; aculeis omnibus flavidis, setosis.

Floribus 15 mm longis et 25 mm diametientibus; ovario et receptaculo roseo squamis viridibus et pilis ac setis albis tecto; phyllis perigonii exterioribus sordide-rubris medio-viridulo-striatis; phyllis perigonii interioribus rubris, extra umbraculiformiter recurvatis; fauce et filamentis roseis, stylo et stigmatibus (6) viridibus, stylo cum receptaculo connato.

Fructu globoso, 3 mm diametiente, rubiginoso squamis rubidis, pilis longis et setis subfuscis tecto. Seminibus parvis Aylosterae modo.

Patria: Bolivia, a Camargo in occidentem versus, 3.200 m ait.

Typus Rausch 311 in Herbario W.

English translation

Rebutia (Aylostera) camargoensis Rausch spec. nova

Single, rarely proliferating, up to 25 mm high and the same wide, light green; 13 – 14 ribs, straight or slightly twisted, divided into 2-3 mm long and wide tubercles; areoles oval, 2.5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, white felt-like; radial spines 16-20, up to 10 mm long, spreading and intertwined; central spines 1-2, up to 20 mm long. All spines yellowish, hairlike.

Flowers 15 mm long and 25 mm wide; ovary and flower tube pink with green scales and white hairs and bristles; outer petals dirty red with greenish centre stripe; inner petals red, curved outwards like an umbrella; throat and stamens pink; style and stigmas (6) green; the style fused with the flower tube.

Fruit spherical, 3 mm in diameter, reddish brown with reddish scales, long brownish hairs and bristles. Seeds: small, as with Aylostera.

Location: Bolivia, western Camargo, at an altitude of 3,200 m.

Type Rausch 311, in the herbarium of the Stadt. Sukkulentensammlung, Zurich.