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TIo now loima spira/is CAFTEF & LEON loi
rIo sonira oaorus lop|occrcus sc|ottii (ENGELV.)
BFITT. & FOSE vai sc|ottii is Ioio dosoiilod and
illusriarod. TIo only known oularion is on rIo
Baja Caliloinia Poninsula, lolow rIo 2SN aiallol,
3S0 km sourI ol rIo rwo ioviously known loims,
(loima monstruosus GATES and loima micc//cya-
nus LINDSAY). Among orIoi disrinorivo oIaiaoroi-
isrios, rIis now loim is sIoiroi and irs ioruloi-
anoos aio aiiangod siially along rIo lianoIos.
To ioroor rIis now loim, ir sIould lo inoludod
in rIo CITES aondix I and in rIo Voxioan iod
lisr.` TIoso odd loims aio ooonomioally valuallo
iosouioos looauso ol rIoii lizaiio aoaianoo.
Undoi aioiiaro managomonr rIoso rIioo loims
oould avoid iiiomodiallo loss ol rIoii liagilo and
small oularions, looauso ioagarion iaorioos
would oliminaro oolloorion iossuios on rIom.
T
wo dilloionr monsrioso loims Iavo loon
dooumonrod loi rIo Sonira Caorus,
lop|occrcus sc|ottii vai sc|ottii; namoly
loima monstruosus and loima micc//cyanus
1-3
.
BorI loims aio looarod in aioximaroly rIo samo
aioa ol rIo oonrial Baja Caliloinia Poninsula,
Voxioo, in rIo vioiniry ol rIo rown ol El Aioo, BC,
lolow rIo 2S
rI
aiallol.
Nolody Ias oonvinoingly oxlainod rIo oauso
ol rIo monsrioso oondirion, rIar is il ir is a Io-
noryio oxiossion ol any viallo murarion (gonori-
oally lasod), oi il ir is linkod ro an onviionmonral
laoroi, oi lorI. Undoi liold oondirions, rIo mon-
srioso loims ol l. sc|ottii giow in uniloim, donso
olums. AlrIougI llowoiing Ias loon iooirod in
rIo liisr rwo loims, soods aio unknown, and rIo
lanrs aio iosumod sroiilo; ioagarion, rIon,
sooms ro lo oxolusivoly vogorarivo, now sIoors
aiising liom lallon oi iosriaro lianoIos lying on
rIo giound.
TIo lianoIos ol lorI ioviously known mon-
srioso loims aio sIoiroi rIan in noimal lanrs,
and rIo ryioal 4-7 voirioal iils disaoai ro
givo iiso ro ioruloianoos in iiiogulai osirions,
mainly in rIo lasal aioa; also, rIo oandolalia
sIao ol rIo onriio lanr is losr ro givo laoo ro a
oaosiroso (rulrod oi olumod) aoaianoo. Undoi
oulrivarion, lorI loims soom ro iovoir ro noimal
giowrI
2
, wIioI imlios rIar rIo monsrioso giowrI
is an inoomloro gonorio oxiossion.
Honoo, rIoso monsrioso oularions may sim-
ly lo olonos ol aryioal giowrI iosonding ro
somo unknown srimu-
lus oi dolioionoy in rIo
onviionmonr. In orIoi
woids, oaoI monsrioso
loim is doiivod liom
a singlo sood rIar Ias
naruially suldividod and
asoxually ioagarod.
All soom ro lo simly
aloiianr loims-wirI-
our oonriiluring ro rIo
gonorio ool and wirI-
our soxually ioioduo-
ing, rIoy aoai ro lo
ovolurionaiy doad onds.
NovoirIoloss, rIoso moi-
Iologioal disrinorions
aio woirIy ol ioooiding
raxonomioally as loims.
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I
n 1anuaiy 2002, duiing loranioal oxloia-
rions in rIo Sioiia do la Giganra, on rIo
Baja Caliloinia oninsula, Voxioo, noai Cd.
Consriruoin, Baja Caliloinia Sui, wo disoovoiod
a oularion ol a monsrioso loim ol lop|occrcus
sc|ottii vai sc|ottii rIar ar liisr wo rIougI oould lo
asoiilod ro loima micc//cyanus known liom 3S0
km noirI ol rIis now looarion, and wo ullisIod
rIis lind
4
. Voio iooonrly, Iowovoi, wIilo iovising
rIo Annorra V Cairoi oolloorions norolook, a gilr
I ioooivod liom rIar liavo oxloioi-loranisr ol rIo
Sioiia do la Giganra duiing rIo oiiod 1949-19S9,
I ioalizo rIar Viss Cairoi also lound rIis samo
oularion on 25 Ooroloi 1964 (A. Cairoi 4S6S).
Cairoi was morioulous wirI all rIoii lanr ool-
loorions and idonrilioarions, oonsulring wirI rIo
iolovanr lanr giou sooialisrs ol rIo day loi
oaoI idonrilioarion. Fooognizing ir as a now loim
(Iig 1), sIo dosignarod (lur novoi ullisIod) ir as
loima spira/is. Irs dosoiirion lollows.
Sinoo rIo monsrioso loims Iavo IigI ooonom-
io valuo in rIo Ioirioulruio riado, rIoy aio ar iisk
ol oaoIing, so wo oannor iovoal rIo oxaor looaliry
loi loima spira/is. TIo siro is now aooossillo ly
oai and doos nor Iavo any ioroorion liom loor-
ing. Onoo aurIoiirios rako oaio ro ioroor rIo siro,
irs osirion oan lo iovoalod ullioly.
Ir is imoiranr ro iomaik rIar rIoso rIioo
monsrioso loims, asido liom rIoii soionrilio valuo,
Iavo ooonomioal oronrial rIar in Voxioo Ias
loon ovoilookod. In rIo Dosoir Boranioal Gaidon
(PIoonix, AZ) rIoio aio 3 m rall individuals ol
rIo orIoi monsrioso loims ol rIis sooios valuod
ar alour S2000. Smalloi lanrs in orIoi nuisoiios
soll loi S50-70. Sioiia do La Giganra ianoIois aio
ooi oolo wIo nood ooirunirios ro inoioaso
rIoii inoomos wirI aorivirios rIar do nor advoisoly
imaor rIo onviionmonr. Cuiionrly, rIoy mako
oIaiooal liom mosquiro (lrosopis s), aoriviry
rIar is giadually oIanging rIo naruial lalanoo ol
rIo ooosysroms. Pioagarion and salo ol ondomio
oaori oould iovido a susrainallo inoomo loi
looal oolo wIilo simulranoously iorooring wild
lanrs liom illogal oollooring. In rIis airioulai
oaso, rIo sraromonr rIo losr way loi oonsoiva-
rion is ly managomonr` lirs oiloorly.
TIo loims micc//cyanus and monstruosus
aio lorI ioroorod ly rIo onviionmonral Voxioan
laws
5
, namoly NOV-126-ECOL-2000 undoi oarogo-
iy F. TIar is, rIoy aio ondomio raxonomio onririos
wirI small disriilurions and in low alundanoo. TIo
loim spira/is sIould lo inoludod in rIis lisr.
Iinally, rIo CITES
6
aondix II inoludos rIo
onriio oaorus lamily, lur rIo loims micc//cyanus
and monstruosus aio nor inoludod in rIo aon-
2 CACTUS AND SUCCULLNT [OUPNAL
Lophocereus schottii (ENGELM.) BRITT. & ROSE var schottii forma spiralis CARTER & LEON DE LA LUZ, forma nova.
Planta Lophocereus schottii var schottii forma spiralis montruosus et mieckleyanus similis, sed protubera-
tionibus basi spiratim ordinatis.
Type: Mexico, Baja California Sur, municipio de comond: ca 20 km East of Cd. Constitucin (dirt road to
San Jos de la Noria ranch), sandy flat near Los Algodones, 200 m, 14 December 2001, Jos Luis Len
de la Luz 10088. Holotype: HCIB; Isotypes: to be distributed.
Bronc|ed plonrs lrom r|e ropsoil lorming clumps. Bronc|es 12 cm in diomerer, up ro 1. m in |eig|r.
Ri6s disconrinuous, reploced 6y spirol proru6eronces 6osolly ond rondom proru6eronces opicolly. Areoles
un|nown. Spines, rorely presenr ond vesrigiol. Flowers, lruir ond seeds un|nown.
To6le 1 summorizes r|e moin leorures lor r|e r|ree monsrrose lorms ol Lophocereus schottii vor schottii
(lollowing relerence 2). T|en, r|e moin diognosric c|orocrerisrics lor r|e new lorm ore r|e s|orrness ol r|e
6ronc|es, r|e opporenr non-developmenr ol llowers, ond, mosr imporronrly, r|e spirol orrongemenr ol r|e
proru6eronces roword r|e 6oses ol r|e older 6ronc|es.
dix I. Ir is imoiranr ro inoludo in rIis
aondix all rIioo loims, sinoo rIis
iogularos undoi sriior oidinanoo rIo
raxa rIar aio marroi ol oommoioializa-
rion, loilidding liold oxriaorion.

3FGFSFODFT
SHFEVE I, WIGGINS IL. 1964.
\cgctation anJ l/ora o/ t|c Sonoran
lcscrt. Sranloid Univoisiry Pioss.
Sranloid, CA.
BFAVO-HOLLIS H. 197S. las Cactaccas
Jc Vcxico. Vol. I. Univoisidad
Naoional Aurnoma do Vxioo.
WIGGINS IL. 19S0. l/ora o/ laja
Ca/i/ornia. Sranloid Univoisiry Pioss,
Sranloid, CA. 1025
{ VEDEL-NAFVEZ A, LEN DE LA LUZ 1L.
2002. Una nuova looalidad y noras
solio la vaiiodad micc//cyanus do
lop|occrcus sc|ottii vai sc|ottii.
Cactaccas y Sucu/cntas Vcxicanas.
Tomo XLVII: 4:S7-90.
x DIAFIO OIICIAL DE LA IEDEFACIN.
2000. lrotccci6n Amoicnta/.-
lspccics Jc //ora y /auna si/:cstrcs
Jc Vcxico.-Catcgorias Jc ricsgo y
cspcci/icacioncs para su inc/usi6n,
cxc/usi6n o camoio.-Lisra do oso-
oios on iiosgo. Sooioraia dol Vodio
Amlionro, Foouisos Naruialos y
Posoa (SEVAFNAP). Vxioo, D. I.
US IISH AND WILDLIIE SEFVICE.
1990. Aondix I, II and III ro rIo
Convonrion on Inroinarional Tiado
in Endangoiod Sooios (CITES) ol
Wild Iauna and Iloia. US IisI and
Wildlilo Soivioo, US Doairmonr ol
rIo Inroiioi. WasIingron, DC.
2OO5 vOLUML 77 NUM8LP 4 3
4ABLEComaiarivo loaruios ol rIo rIioo monsrioso loims ol lop|occrcus sc|ottii vai sc|ottii.
FA MON5TPUO5U5 FA M|ECKLEYANU5 FA 5P|PAL|5
coIor green-yellowis| green green
stem diameter 1015 cm 58 cm 8.3 cm* (up ro 12.3 cm)
stem beigbt 23 m 34.5 m 1.3 m* (up ro 1. m)
fIowers lew, olmosr normol, oppor-
enrly srerile
o6undonr, olmosr normol,
opporenrly srerile
un|nown
protuberances upword, rruncored 6elow. irregulor in s|ope irregulor in s|ope, in spirol
disposirion.
ribs opicol ond s|orr, end in o pro-
ru6eronce
opicol, disconrinuous, end in
o proru6eronce
none
areoIes irregulor (24 mm) on proru6eronces (12 mm)
ond ri6s (58 mm), woolly
un|nown
spines on ri6 oreoles on ri6 oreoles vesrigiol ond irregulor
lasod on 15 moasuiomonrs.