Browningia microsperma
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Browningia microsperma is a species of the genus Browningia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet microsperma means 'with small seeds'.
description
Browningia microsperma grows tree-shaped, reaches heights of 4 to 7 meters and forms a trunk of up to 30 centimeters. The non-segmented gray-green shoots are branched. There are 12 to 20 rounded ribs . The 30 or more downward pointing thorns are yellowish or reddish brown and up to 1.2 inches long.
The white flowers reach a length of up to 6 centimeters and the same diameter. The green fruits have a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Browningia microsperma is common in the Pasco region of Peru . It was first described as Cereus microspermus in 1931 by Erich Werdermann and Curt Backeberg . William Taylor Marshall placed them in the genus Browningia in 1946 .
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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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 96 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ New cacti. Hunts, species, culture . Trowitzsch & Sohn, Berlin 1931, pp. 38 and 80.
- ↑ Cactus . Volume 1, Number 3, Paris 1946, p. 8.
- ↑ Browningia microsperma in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Loaiza, C. & Ostalaza, C., 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
