Acanthocereus baxaniensis
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Acanthocereus baxaniensis is a species of plant in the genus Acanthocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet baxaniensis refers to a Mexican place called "Baxan" (Baján?).
description
Acanthocereus baxaniensis grows shrubby with short, upright, gray-green shoots that appear at the base, branching out at their tips when old, and reaches heights of 40 to 60 centimeters. There are 5 to 7 thin ribs that are up to 1.5 centimeters high. The gray areoles are up to 3.5 centimeters apart. The single, upright, awlish central spine is whitish and has a darker tip. There are 6 to 8 whitish radial spines with yellowish tips and 5 to 15 millimeters long.
The flowers are up to 11 centimeters long. The egg-shaped to ellipsoidal fruits are reddish purple in color and have large areoles with white wool and thorns. They are 5 inches long and 4 inches wide.
Distribution and systematics
Acanthocereus baxaniensis is common in Cuba .
The first description as Cereus baxaniensis was published in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer . John Borg placed them in the genus Acanthocereus in 1937 .
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 69 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 46.
- ↑ Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum . Berlin 1837, p. 109 (online) .
- ↑ Cacti. A gardener's handbook for their identification and cultivation . 1937, p. 132.
