Cephalocereus apicicephalium
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Cephalocereus apicicephalium is a species of plant in the genus Cephalocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Cephalocereus apicicephalium grows with gray-green shoots up to 7 centimeters in diameter, is somewhat branched at the base or sometimes above it and reaches heights of 1 to 3 meters. There are 22 to 25 narrow ribs . The 1 to 4 downwardly directed and basal enlarged central spines are reddish yellow to black and 2 to 4 centimeters long. The 9 to 12 very slender, gray to white radial spines are 1.5 to 1.8 inches long. The terminal, woolly pseudocephalium is grown through by the new shoots of the next vegetation period and remains as a woolly ring for several years. It consists of curled hair up to 2 inches long.
The narrow, bell-shaped flowers are pink with a yellowish tinge and have a length of 5 to 6 centimeters and a diameter of up to 3 centimeters. Your pericarpel is covered with small triangular white scales.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Cephalocereus apicicephalium is widespread on steep limestone cliffs in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas . The first description was in 1948 by Elmer Yale Dawson .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 99-100 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Allan Hancock Foundation. Publications. Occasional papers . Number 1, Los Angeles 1948, pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Cephalocereus apicicephalium in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ishiki, M. & Terrazas, T., 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2014 ..