Cactaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Airampoa soehrensii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Airampoa soehrensii is a spiny, evergreen, succulent cactus. A low growing plant, often prostrate and creeping, and rooting from the edges of growth, it forms a clump of growth around 10 - 20cm tall and 30 - 60cm in diameter. The stems are comprised of flattened segments, sometimes crescent shaped, each segment up to 6cm long[ 1987 Title The Cactus Family Publication Author Anderson E.F. Publisher Timber Press; Portland, Oregon Year 2001 ISBN 0-88192-498-9 Description An excellent work, giving botanical descriptions of virtually all the cacti, together with their range (but not their habitats) and sometimes also a photo. it also contains a long chapter detailing the many uses of cacti and another on cultivation.. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and dye. Airampoa soehrensii is widespread and abundant in portions of its range. It is present in several protected areas. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Argentina, northern Chile, Bolivia, Peru

HabitatShrublands and high altitude grasslands, in the heat of the sun and in the shadow of nurse plants; at elevations from 2,000 - 3,800 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].