Austrocactus coxii

Austrocactus coxii
	Austrocactus coxii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Austrocactus
Type :	Austrocactus coxii
Scientific name
	Austrocactus coxii
	( K.Schum. ) Backeb.

Austrocactus coxii is a species of plant in the genus Austrocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet coxii honors G. Cox, who traveled to Argentina.

description

Austrocactus coxii grows with short columnar shoots that reach heights of up to 60 centimeters with a diameter of 5 centimeters. There are 6 to 10 ribs , which are divided into cusps . The 1 to 4 strong, straight or slightly hooked central spines are light brown to whitish and up to 4 inches long. The 6 to 10 thin radial spines are interwoven and up to 1 centimeter long.

The bright red flowers have a length of up to 3.5 centimeters and the same diameter.

Distribution and systematics

Austrocactus coxii is common in southern Argentina .

The first description as Echinocactus coxii was published in 1898 by Karl Moritz Schumann . Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Austrocactus in 1959 .

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. 55.
↑ General description of the cacti . 1898, p. 422 (online) .
↑ The Cactaceae: Handbook of the cactus science . Volume 3, 1959, p. 1562.

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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. 55.

[2] General description of the cacti . 1898, p. 422 (online) .

[3] The Cactaceae: Handbook of the cactus science . Volume 3, 1959, p. 1562.