Soehrensia camarguensis

Soehrensia camarguensis, is a species of Soehrensia found in Bolivia.

Description
Soehrensia camarguensis grows shrubby with columnar, cylindrical and light green shoots, which often consist of several curved, ascending branches and are up to 50 cm high. There are eleven to 15 very low ribs present. The needle-like thorns emerging from the areoles are yellow to greyish. The two to three (rarely up to five) central spines have a length of up to 5 cm. The twelve to 13 radiating radial spines are up to 3 cm long.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night, and can grow 18 to 20 cm long. The spherical to ovoid fruits have a diameter of up to 2 cm.

Distribution
Soehrensia camarguensis is distributed in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca, Potosí and Tarija at altitudes of 2700 meters.

Taxonomy
The plant was first described as Trichocereus camarguensis by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1953. It was once thought to be a species of Echinopsis.

First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 28: 30 (2012)