Browningia

Browningia
	Browningia candelaris
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Browningieae
Genre :	Browningia
Scientific name
	Browningia
	Britton & Rose

Browningia is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus honors Webster E. Browning (1869-1942), a former director of the Instituto Ingles in Santiago de Chile .

description

The bushy or tree-like, usually columnar species of the genus Browningia are branched, often have a well-developed trunk and can reach heights of up to 10 meters. The cylindrical shoots have a diameter of up to 50 centimeters. Large areoles sit on the numerous, low ribs . The areoles in the growth area are heavily thorny , while the areoles in the reproductive area usually have few or no thorns.

The tubular to bell-shaped flowers are white to purple and open at night. The areoles of the flower cup and the flower tube are (almost) bare. The flower tube is slightly curved.

The usually small fruits are very different, as are the seeds .

Systematics and distribution

The species of the genus Browningia are common in Bolivia , Northern Chile and Peru . It was not until 2006 that a species from Colombia became known with the description of Browningia hernandezii .

The first description of the genus was made in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . The type species of the genus is Cereus candelaris . The genus includes the following species:

Browningia albiceps F. Knight
Browningia altissima (F.Ritter) Buxb.
Browningia amstutziae (Rauh & Backeb.) Hutchison ex Buxb.
Browningia caineana (Cárdenas) DRHunt
Browningia candelaris (Meyen) Britton & Rose
Browningia chlorocarpa (Kunth) WTMarshall
Browningia columnaris F. Knight
Browningia hernandezii Fern. Alonso
Browningia hertlingiana (Backeb.) Buxb.
Browningia microsperma (Werderm. & Backeb.) WTMarshall
Browningia pilleifera ( F. Knight ) Hutchison
Browningia utcubambensis Hutchison ex Wittner
Browningia viridis (Rauh & Backeb.) Buxb.

Synonyms of the genus are Gymnanthocereus Backeb. , Azureocereus Akers & H.Johnson , Castellanosia Cárdenas and Gymnocereus Backeb.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 94-97 .
NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 63-64 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b José Luis Fernández-Alonso: Nueva especie colombiana de Browningia (Cactaceae, Cactoideae, Browningieae) potencialmente promisoria para el país . In: Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales . Volume 30, number 114, 2006, pp. 19-30 (PDF; 366 kB) .
^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 95-97 .
↑ Holger Wittner: A new Browningia from the valley of the Rio Utcubamba in northern Peru . In cacti and other succulents . Volume 63, number 10, pp. 267-274.

Web links

Commons : Browningia - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[Fernández-Alonso_2006-1] José Luis Fernández-Alonso: Nueva especie colombiana de Browningia (Cactaceae, Cactoideae, Browningieae) potencialmente promisoria para el país . In: Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales . Volume 30, number 114, 2006, pp. 19-30 (PDF; 366 kB) .

[2] Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 95-97 .

[3] Holger Wittner: A new Browningia from the valley of the Rio Utcubamba in northern Peru . In cacti and other succulents . Volume 63, number 10, pp. 267-274.