Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Trichocereeae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Species: C. hyalacanthus
Binomial name
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is a species of columnar cactus in the genus Cleistocactus. The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.