Brasilicereus markgrafii

Brasilicereus markgrafii
	Brasilicereus markgrafii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Brasilicereus
Type :	Brasilicereus markgrafii
Scientific name
	Brasilicereus markgrafii
	Backeb. & Full

Brasilicereus markgrafii is a species of the genus Brasilicereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the German botanist Friedrich Markgraf .

description

Brasilicereus markgrafii grows with unbranched greyish green shoots that are up to 2.5 centimeters in diameter and up to 1.5 meters in height. There are usually 13 ribs . The areoles are covered with gray wool. The single central spine , sometimes up to four, is up to 4 inches long. The 12 to 18 radial spines protrude irregularly and are between 6 and 10 millimeters long.

The bell- to funnel-shaped flowers are light green-white. They are up to 6 centimeters long and have a diameter of 5 centimeters.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Brasilicereus markgrafii is common in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . The species was first collected in 1938 by Margrave, Mello-Barreto and Brade. It was first described in 1950 by Curt Backeberg and Otto Voll. A synonym is Cereus markgrafii (Backeb. & Voll) PJBraun .

Brasilicereus markgrafii was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Endangered (EN) , d". H. endangered, classified. In 2013 the species is classified as " Vulnerable (VU) ", i. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 93 .

Individual evidence

↑ Pierre Braun, Eddie Esteves Pereira: Index card for Brasilicereus markgrafii . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 60, number 5, 2009, p. XIX.
↑ Archivos do Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro . Volume 9, 1950, pp. 154-157.
↑ Brasilicereus markgrafii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Machado, M., Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

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[1] Pierre Braun, Eddie Esteves Pereira: Index card for Brasilicereus markgrafii . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 60, number 5, 2009, p. XIX.

[2] Archivos do Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro . Volume 9, 1950, pp. 154-157.

[3] Brasilicereus markgrafii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Machado, M., Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2013.