Arthrocereus

Arthrocereus
	Arthrocereus glaziovii
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Arthrocereus
Scientific name
	Arthrocereus
	A. Berger

Arthrocereus is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Greek noun "αρθρον" (arthron) for limb and means limb-cereus .

description

The relatively small, bush-like, upright or elongated species of the genus Arthrocereus are branched or not branched. The articulated, cylindrical shoots have 10 to 18 low and narrow ribs on which small areoles sit, from which many thin thorns arise.

The elongated, bell-shaped, wide-opening flowers appear near the tip of the shoot and open at night. The flower cup and the flower tube are covered with wool, hair-like thorns and a few pointed scales.

The spherical to pear-shaped fruits are green and have a white pulp. They are thin-walled, non-tearing and have scales and hair-like thorns. The crooked egg-shaped seeds are black.

Systematics and distribution

The species of the genus Arthrocereus are common in western and southeastern Brazil .

The first description of the genus was made in 1929 by Alwin Berger . Following a suggestion by Nigel Paul Taylor , a photograph entitled “Cereus damazioi” showing Cereus glaziovii was preserved as a type of the genus.

The genus includes the following species:

Arthrocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) NPTaylor & Zappi
Arthrocereus melanurus (K.Schum.) Diers, PJBraun & Esteves
- Arthrocereus melanurus subsp. melanurus
- Arthrocereus melanurus subsp. magnus N.P. Taylor & Zappi
- Arthrocereus melanurus subsp. odorus (F.Ritter) NPTaylor & Zappi
Arthrocereus rondonianus Backeb. & Full
Arthrocereus spinosissimus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 80-81 .

Individual evidence

↑ Illustrated manuals of succulent plants: cacti . 1929, p. 337.
^ NP Taylor: (1014) Proposal to Conserve 5401a Arthrocereus (A. Berger) A. Berger (Cactaceae) with a New Type . In: Taxon . Volume 40, Number 4, 1991, pp. 660-662, ( JSTOR 1222788 ).
^ Dan H. Nicolson: Report of the General Committee: 6 . In: Taxon . Volume 43, 1994, p. 281 ( JSTOR 1222889 ).
↑ Werner Greuter, John McNeill, Fred R. Barrie: Report on Botanical Nomenclature: Yokohama 1993. XV International Botanical Congress, Tokyo: Nomenclature Section, 23 to 27 August 1993 . In Englera . Number 14, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin-Dahlem 1994, p. 253 ( JSTOR 3776762 ).
^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 80-81 .

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[1] Illustrated manuals of succulent plants: cacti . 1929, p. 337.

[2] NP Taylor: (1014) Proposal to Conserve 5401a Arthrocereus (A. Berger) A. Berger (Cactaceae) with a New Type . In: Taxon . Volume 40, Number 4, 1991, pp. 660-662, ( JSTOR 1222788 ).

[3] Dan H. Nicolson: Report of the General Committee: 6 . In: Taxon . Volume 43, 1994, p. 281 ( JSTOR 1222889 ).

[4] Werner Greuter, John McNeill, Fred R. Barrie: Report on Botanical Nomenclature: Yokohama 1993. XV International Botanical Congress, Tokyo: Nomenclature Section, 23 to 27 August 1993 . In Englera . Number 14, Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin-Dahlem 1994, p. 253 ( JSTOR 3776762 ).

[5] Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 80-81 .