Austrocylindropuntia
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Austrocylindropuntia is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Latin noun oyster for "south" and the name of the genus Cylindropuntia , with which some species are similar.
description
The species of the genus Austrocylindropuntia mostly grow shrub-like, but sometimes also tree-like. They form loosely branched shrubs or sometimes dense cushions that reach a height of 0.5 to 5 meters. The cylindrical shoots are sometimes articulated. The late-falling succulent leaves are cylindrical and up to 4 millimeters long. The areoles have glochids , hair and smooth, sheathless thorns .
The yellow, pink or red flowers are up to 8 centimeters long, but have only a short flower envelope . The thick-walled fruits are elliptical and juicy. They contain small to large, spherical to pear-shaped seeds 3.5 to 7 millimeters in length.
Systematics and distribution
The species of the genus Austrocylindropuntia are common in Argentina , Bolivia , Ecuador and Peru .
The first description of the genus was made in 1938 by Curt Backeberg . The type species is Opuntia exaltata A. Berger . The genus includes the following species:
- Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica (Lam.) Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter
- Austrocylindropuntia hirschii (Backeb.) EFAnderson
- Austrocylindropuntia lagopus (K.Schum.) F.Ritter ex I.Crook, J.Arnold & M.Lowry
- Austrocylindropuntia pachypus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia punta-caillan (Rauh & Backeb.) EFAnderson
- Austrocylindropuntia shaferi (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii (Cels ex FACWeber) Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia vestita (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
- Austrocylindropuntia yanganucensis (Rauh & Backeb.) EFAnderson
Synonyms of the genus are Andinopuntia Guiggi (2011), Banfiopuntia Guiggi (2011), Peruviopuntia Guiggi (2011) and Trichopuntia Guiggi (2011).
proof
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leaves for cactus research . June 1938
- ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 86-89 .
- ↑ Patricia Hernández-Ledesma, Walter G. Berendsohn, Thomas Borsch, Sabine Von Mering, Hossein Akhani, Salvador Arias, Idelfonso Castañeda-Noa, Urs Eggli, Roger Eriksson, Hilda Flores-Olvera, Susy Fuentes-Bazán, Gudrun Kadereit, Cornelia Klak , Nadja Korotkova, Reto Nyffeler, Gilberto Ocampo, Helga Ochoterena, Bengt Oxelman, Richard K. Rabeler, Adriana Sanchez, Boris O. Schlumpberger, Pertti Uotia: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales . In: Willdenowia . Volume 45, number 3, 2015, pp. 281-383 ( doi: 10.3372 / wi.45.45301 ).
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 85-89 .
- Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape I . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart and New York 1982, ISBN 3-437-30380-5 , p. 137-161 .
