Arthrocereus glaziovii

Arthrocereus glaziovii
	Arthrocereus glaziovii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Arthrocereus
Type :	Arthrocereus glaziovii
Scientific name
	Arthrocereus glaziovii
	( K.Schum. ) NPTaylor & Zappi

Arthrocereus glaziovii is a species of plant in the genus Arthrocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet glaziovii honors the French plant collector and botanist Auguste François Marie Glaziou , who lived in Brazil from 1861 to 1895.

description

Arthrocereus glaziovii grows with upright shoots and slightly spread side shoots 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters in diameter. There are 12 low ribs on the shoots. The 20 to 30 thorns are sub-like, brownish to ash gray in color and between 1.5 and 2.5 centimeters long.

The white flowers are slightly curved and up to 6 inches long. Elongated fruits of up to 2 centimeters are formed.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Arthrocereus glaziovii is distributed in the east and south of Belo Horizonte in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais at altitudes of 1,300 to 1,750 meters. The distribution area covers about 1000 km².

The first description as Cereus glaziovii by Karl Moritz Schumann was published in 1890. Nigel Paul Taylor and Daniela Cristina Zappi placed the species in 1991 in the genus Arthrocereus . Nomenclatory synonyms are Leocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose (1920) and Trichocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) Werderm. (1933).

Arthrocereus glaziovii is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. classified as endangered.

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 95.
↑ Flora Brasiliensis . Volume 4, Part 2, 1890, p. 200.
↑ Bradleya . Volume 9, 1991, p. 85
↑ Arthrocereus glaziovii in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on January 7 of 2010.

Web links

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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. 95.

[2] Flora Brasiliensis . Volume 4, Part 2, 1890, p. 200.

[3] Bradleya . Volume 9, 1991, p. 85

[4] Arthrocereus glaziovii in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on January 7 of 2010.