Austrocactus bertinii

Austrocactus bertinii
	Austrocactus bertinii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Austrocactus
Type :	Austrocactus bertinii
Scientific name
	Austrocactus bertinii
	( F.Cels ex Hérincq ) Britton & Rose

Austrocactus bertinii is a species of plant in the genus Austrocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet bertinii honors Pierre Bertin (1800–1891), who collected plants in Patagonia.

description

Austrocactus bertinii usually grows individually with short, cylindrical, olive-green shoots that reach heights of up to 40 centimeters with diameters of 5 centimeters and more. There are 10 to 12 ribs , which are conspicuously divided into cusps . The 4 slender, strongly hooked central spines are brown to black and up to 6 centimeters long. The approximately 15 needle radial spines are light and up to 1 centimeter long.

The somewhat pinkish-yellow flowers are up to 6 centimeters long and 10 centimeters in diameter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Austrocactus bertinii is distributed in the Argentine provinces of Neuquén , Río Negro , Chubut and Santa Cruz at altitudes of up to 1000 meters.

The first description as Cereus bertinii by François Hérincq was published in 1863. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Austrocactus in 1922 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Malacocarpus bertinii (Cels ex Hérincq) Hosseus (1939, incorrect name ICBN -Article 11.4) and Notocactus bertinii (Cels ex Hérincq) WTMarshall (1941).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 84 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 25.
^ In: François Hérincq: Horticulteurs Francais; Journal des Amateurs et des Interets Horticoles . Series 2, Volume 5, p. 251, Paris 1863
^ NL Britton, JN Rose: The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . Washington, 1922, Volume III, pp. 44-45 (online)
↑ Austrocactus bertinii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Kiesling, R., Demaio, P., Trevisson, M. & Saldivia, P., 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

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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. 25.

[2] In: François Hérincq: Horticulteurs Francais; Journal des Amateurs et des Interets Horticoles . Series 2, Volume 5, p. 251, Paris 1863

[3] NL Britton, JN Rose: The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . Washington, 1922, Volume III, pp. 44-45 (online)

[4] Austrocactus bertinii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Kiesling, R., Demaio, P., Trevisson, M. & Saldivia, P., 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2014.