ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

The author wishes to thank Jonas Lüthy for the latin diagnosis and constructive feedback on the article, to Mélica Muñoz-Schick for accepting our type specimen at the Herbarium of the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago and finally to Alfred Lau for introducing me to the cactus flora of Chile.

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