Acanthocereus horridus

Acanthocereus horridus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Acanthocereus
Type :	Acanthocereus horridus
Scientific name
	Acanthocereus horridus
	Britton & Rose

Acanthocereus horridus is a species of plant in the genus Acanthocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet horridus comes from Latin , it means 'bristly', 'prickly' or 'rough' and refers to the numerous strong thorns of the species.

description

Acanthocereus horridus grows shrubby with triangular and wing-like, dark green, up to 10 centimeters thick, semi-upright shoots and is richly branched. The edges of the shoots are wavy. The large areoles are 2.5 to 6 centimeters apart. The 1 to 2 strong, brownish central spines are up to 5 centimeters long and turn gray with age. There are 1 to 6 strong, up to 12 millimeters long, conical, brown or black radial spines that later turn white.

The flowers have a length of up to 20 centimeters. The tearing, shiny red fruits are up to 3.5 centimeters long and have large, white woolly areoles.

Distribution and systematics

Acanthocereus horridus is distributed in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca as well as in Guatemala and El Salvador .

The first description was published in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose .

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. 111.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 122 ( online ).

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 111.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 122 ( online ).