Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii

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Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii
Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Opuntioideae
Tribe : Austrocylindropuntieae
Genre : Austrocylindropuntia
Type : Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii
Scientific name
Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii
( Cels ex FACWeber ) Backeb.

Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii is a species of plant in the genus Austrocylindropuntia from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet verschaffeltii honors the Belgian horticulturist Ambroise Verschaffelt .

description

Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii grows shrubby and reaches heights of up to 30 centimeters. The ellipsoidal to cylindrical, slender shoot sections are bumpy and up to 10 centimeters long. At their tip they sometimes branch heavily with numerous, spherical side shoots. The awl, rapidly sloping to fairly long persistent leaf rudiments are 5 to 30 millimeters long. From the small areoles arise up to seven needle-like, not very strong, straight or curved and occasionally interlocking variable thorns that are up to 6 centimeters long.

The numerous, copper to orange-red flowers are up to 4 centimeters long. The pericarpel, which has only a few areoles, is somewhat bristly at the top. The thornless fruits are ellipsoidal to pear-shaped. They contain seeds that are compressed on the sides .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii is distributed in Bolivia in the departments of Oruro , Potosí , Chuquisaca , Tarija and in Argentina in the provinces of Jujuy , Salta , Tucumán and Catamarca at altitudes of 1500 to 3700 meters.

The first description as Opuntia verschaffeltii by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber was published in 1898. Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Austrocylindropuntia in 1942 . Further nomenclature synonyms are Cylindropuntia verschaffeltii (Cels ex FACWeber) Backeb. (1936) and Maihueniopsis verschaffeltii (Cels ex FACWeber) R. Kiesling (1998).

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

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 251.
  2. ↑ In: Désiré Bois: Dictionnaire d'Horticulture . Volume 2, Paris 1898, p. 898.
  3. ↑ Cactaceae. Yearbooks of the German Cactus Society 1941 . Part 2, 1942, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Austrocylindropuntia verschaffeltii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Lowry, M., Perea, M., Kiesling, R. & Trevisson, M., 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

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