Cereus albicaulis

Cereus albicaulis
	Cereus albicaulis with fruit, North Bahia, Brazil
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Cereus
Type :	Cereus albicaulis
Scientific name
	Cereus albicaulis
	( Britton & Rose ) Luetzelb.

Cereus albicaulis is a species of plant in the genus Cereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet albicaulis means 'white, light-stemmed'.

description

Cereus albicaulis has a shrubby growth with only a few branches, initially upright, later overhanging and spreading to climbing shoots . The elongated, bluish white, square shoots have a diameter of 1 to 3 centimeters. There are four sharp-edged, only slightly wavy ribs . The small areoles on it are brown. The two to six unequal, needle-like thorns are brown, swollen at their base and up to 2 inches long.

The flowers are white, the elongated, somewhat angular fruits are greyish purple.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Cereus albicaulis is common in the Brazilian state of Bahia . The first description as Acanthocereus albicaulis was published in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . Philipp von Luetzelburg placed them in the genus Cereus in 1923 .

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. 103 .

Individual evidence

^ 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. 125 .
↑ Estudo Botanico do Nordeste . Volume 3, 1923, p. 111.
↑ Cereus albicaulis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, Braun, P. & Machado, M., 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2014.

[1] 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. 125 .

[2] Estudo Botanico do Nordeste . Volume 3, 1923, p. 111.

[3] Cereus albicaulis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, Braun, P. & Machado, M., 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2014.