Ariocarpus agavoides

Ariocarpus agavoides
	Ariocarpus agavoides
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Ariocarpus
Type :	Ariocarpus agavoides
Scientific name
	Ariocarpus agavoides
	( Castañeda ) EFAnderson

Ariocarpus agavoides is a species of plant in the genus Ariocarpus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet agavoides is derived from the Greek suffix -oides for 'to resemble' and from the genus Agave and refers to the appearance of the species.

description

Ariocarpus agavoides grows geophytically with dark green to brownish bodies that are almost completely hidden in the ground and have a diameter of 3 to 8 centimeters. The warts protruding from the base of the shoots are spreading, elongated, 2 to 4 centimeters long and 5 to 10 millimeters wide. The thorns , which are up to 7 millimeters long, can be completely absent, only on some or all of the warts.

The pink to magenta colored flowers reach a diameter of 3.5 to 4.5 centimeters. The spherical to elongated fruits are pink to reddish purple in color and turn brown when ripe. They are 1 to 2 inches tall.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Ariocarpus agavoides is distributed in the Mexican states of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí and grows on lime.

It was first described as Neogomesia agavoides in 1941 by Marcelino Castañeda , who set up the new monotypical genus Neogomesia for the species . Investigations by Edward Frederick Anderson in 1962 showed, however, that the species must be classified in the genus Ariocarpus .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Ariocarpus agavoides subsp. agavoides
Ariocarpus agavoides subsp. sanluisensis Sotom., Arred., Sánchez Barra & Mart.Mend.

Ariocarpus agavoides is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species . In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN it is as " Endangered (EN) ", i. H. classified as endangered.

Ethnobotanical use

The locals use the slime from the roots of the plants as glue to repair pottery . The sweet-tasting warts are eaten and often used as an accompaniment to salads.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 72 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 4.
↑ Marcelino Castañeda: A New Cactus . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 13, Los Angeles 1941, pp. 98-99.
^ Edward F. Anderson: A Revision of Ariocarpus (Cactaceae). II. The Status of the Proposed Genus Neogomesia . In: American Journal of Botany . Volume 49, No. 6, Part 1, 1962, p. 615 (JSTOR)
↑ Ariocarpus agavoides in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, WA, Sotomayor, M., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Fitz Maurice, B & Hernández, HM, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
^ Jeff Nugent: Permaculture Plants, agaves and cacti . 1999, ISBN 0958636702 , p. 38.

Web links

Commons : Ariocarpus agavoides - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 4.

[2] Marcelino Castañeda: A New Cactus . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 13, Los Angeles 1941, pp. 98-99.

[3] Edward F. Anderson: A Revision of Ariocarpus (Cactaceae). II. The Status of the Proposed Genus Neogomesia . In: American Journal of Botany . Volume 49, No. 6, Part 1, 1962, p. 615 (JSTOR)

[4] Ariocarpus agavoides in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, WA, Sotomayor, M., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Fitz Maurice, B & Hernández, HM, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

[5] Jeff Nugent: Permaculture Plants, agaves and cacti . 1999, ISBN 0958636702 , p. 38.