{{Short description|Species of cactus}} {{Speciesbox | image = Echinopsis mirabilis1UME.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010 p. ">{{cite journal | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2010-09-21 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151767/121442393 | access-date=2023-09-25 | page=}}</ref> | display_parents = 3 | genus = Setiechinopsis | parent_authority = Backeb. ex de Haas | species = mirabilis | authority = (Speg.) Backeb. ex de Haas | synonyms = Of ''Setiechinopsis'':<ref name=POWO_5536-1>{{Cite POWO|title=''Setiechinopsis'' Backeb. ex de Haas|id=5536-1|access-date=2023-09-29|mode=cs1}}</ref> *''Acanthopetalus'' <small>[[Y.Itô]]</small> Of ''Setiechinopsis mirabilis'':<ref name=POWO_235328-2>{{Cite POWO|title=''Setiechinopsis mirabilis'' (Speg.) Backeb. ex de Haas|id=235328-2|access-date=2023-09-29|mode=cs1}}</ref> *''Acanthopetalus mirabilis'' <small>(Speg.) Y.Itô</small> *''Arthrocereus mirabilis'' <small>(Speg.) W.T.Marshall</small> *''Echinopsis mirabilis'' {{small|[[Speg.]]}} }}
'''''Setiechinopsis''''' is a [[Monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[genus]] of [[Cactus|cacti]]. Its only species, '''''Setiechinopsis mirabilis''''', is native to Argentina.<ref name=POWO_235328-2/><ref name="Tropicos">{{cite web | title=Echinopsis mirabilis | website=Tropicos | url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/5105646| access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>
==Description== ''Setiechinopsis mirabilis'' grows solitary. The cylindrical, dull yellowish-green to brown-green shoots reach heights of {{cvt|12 to 15|cm}} with a diameter of up to {{cvt|2|cm}}. There are eleven ribs that are slightly wavy. The single, protruding and straight central spine is {{cvt|1 to 1.5|cm}} long. The nine to 14 radial spines are slender and straight.
The narrow, tubular, white flowers appear near the tips of the shoots and are rather unpleasantly scented. They are {{cvt|11 to 12|cm}} long. Their bracts are spread out. The fruits reach a diameter of {{cvt|0.6 to 1|cm}} and are {{cvt|3.5 to 4|cm}} long.<ref name="Anderson Eggli Anderson 2005 p. 237">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | last3=Anderson | first3=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=237}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The first description of the species as ''Echinopsis mirabilis'' by [[Carlos Luis Spegazzini]] was published in 1905.<ref name=POWO_235328-2/><ref name="Aires. 1905 r901">{{cite web | last=Aires. | first=Museo Nacional de Buenos | title=Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires | publisher=Impr. de Juan A. Alsina | volume=ser.3:t.4 (1905) | date=1905 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4495359 | access-date=2023-09-29}}</ref> The specific epithet ''mirabilis'' comes from Latin, means 'wonderful' and refers to the appearance of the species.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} De Haas placed the species in the genus ''Setiechinopsis'' in 1940.<ref name=POWO_235328-2/>
==Distribution== ''Setiechinopsis mirabilis'' is distributed among lowland shrubs at 500 to 1000 meters in the Argentine provinces of Santiago del Estero, San Juan, La Rioja and Mendoza.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Setiechinopsis mirabilis}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Setiechinopsis mirabilis|''Setiechinopsis mirabilis''}}
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[[Category:Cereeae]] [[Category:Monotypic Cactaceae genera]] [[Category:Cereeae genera]]