Acanthocalycium ferrarii
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Acanthocalycium ferrarii is a species of plant in the genus Acanthocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Argentine engineer-agronomist and cactus collector Omar Ferrari.
description
Acanthocalycium ferrarii grows individually with spherical to cylindrical, green shoots and reaches a diameter of up to 12 centimeters. There are up to 18 ribs that are swollen around the oval, whitish areoles . The mostly straight thorns are horn-colored to brown and subpulate. The 1 to 4 central spines are up to 1.5 centimeters long, the 7 to 9 radial spines up to 2 centimeters long.
The yellow to orange-red to carmine-colored flowers are up to 5.5 centimeters long and have a diameter of 5 centimeters. The oval fruits are up to 1 centimeter long and up to 0.8 centimeters wide.
Systematics and distribution
Acanthocalycium ferrarii is widespread in the Argentine province of Tucumán at altitudes from 2000 to 2300 meters.
The first description by Walter Rausch was published in 1976. Nomenclatory synonyms are Lobivia thionantha var. Ferrarii (Rausch) Rausch (1987) and Echinopsis thionantha subsp. ferrarii (intoxication) Lowry (2002).
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 67 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 82.
- ^ W. Rausch: Acanthocalycium ferrarii Rausch spec. nov. In: Succulenta . Volume 55, Number 5, 1976, pp. 81-82.
