Ariocarpus scaphirostris

Ariocarpus scaphirostris
	Ariocarpus scaphirostris
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Ariocarpus
Type :	Ariocarpus scaphirostris
Scientific name
	Ariocarpus scaphirostris
	Boed.

Ariocarpus scaphirostris is a species of plant in the genus Ariocarpus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet scaphirostris is derived from the Greek word skaphe for 'ship' and the Latin word rostrum for 'beak' and refers to the shape of the wart tips. Trivial names are "Orejas de Conejo" and "Orejitas".

description

Ariocarpus scaphirostris grows geophytically with dark green to brown bodies that have a diameter of 4 to 9 centimeters and of which only the warts protrude from the soil surface. The warts, which are somewhat triangular in cross-section, are spreading, somewhat pointed and more than twice as long as they are wide. Areoles are absent or close to the tip of the warts.

Cultivated plant with flower

The magenta colored flowers reach a diameter of 4 centimeters. The greenish fruits are 9 to 15 millimeters long.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Ariocarpus scaphirostris is found on slate limestone in just one valley in the Mexican state of Nuevo León . It was first described in 1930 by Friedrich Bödeker . Bödeker's original spelling Ariocarpus scapharostrus was corrected in 1991 by David Richard Hunt , as it is an invalid name according to Article 61.1 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature .

Ariocarpus scaphirostris 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.

ingredients

In ariocarpus scaphirostris were hordenine , N -Methyltyramin , N -methyl-3,4-dimethoxy-β-phenethylamine and N , N -dimethyl-3,4-dimethoxy-β-phenethylamine detected.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 74-75 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 214.
^ Friedrich Bödeker: Ariocarpus scapharostrus Boed., Sp.n. In: Monthly magazine of the German Cactus Society . Volume 2, 1930, pp. 60-61.
^ D. Hunt, NP Taylor: Notes on miscellaneous genera of Cactaceae . In: Bradleya . Volume 9, 1991, p. 83.
↑ Ariocarpus scaphirostris in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Smith, M., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Hernández, HM, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
^ Jan G. Bruhn: Phenethylamines of Ariocarpus scapharostrus . In: Phytochemistry . Volume 14, Number 11, 1975, pp. 2509-2510, doi : 10.1016 / 0031-9422 (75) 80379-7 .

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 214.

[2] Friedrich Bödeker: Ariocarpus scapharostrus Boed., Sp.n. In: Monthly magazine of the German Cactus Society . Volume 2, 1930, pp. 60-61.

[3] D. Hunt, NP Taylor: Notes on miscellaneous genera of Cactaceae . In: Bradleya . Volume 9, 1991, p. 83.

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

[5] Jan G. Bruhn: Phenethylamines of Ariocarpus scapharostrus . In: Phytochemistry . Volume 14, Number 11, 1975, pp. 2509-2510, doi : 10.1016 / 0031-9422 (75) 80379-7 .