Cereus bicolor

Cereus bicolor
	Cereus bicolor
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Cereus
Type :	Cereus bicolor
Scientific name
	Cereus bicolor
	Rizzini & A. Mattos

Cereus bicolor is a species of plant in the genus Cereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet bicolor means 'two-colored'.

description

Cereus bicolor grows shrubby, is branched from the base and reaches heights of 2 to 3 meters. The cylindrical, blue-green shoots are divided into segments up to 90 centimeters long and 6 to 9 centimeters in diameter. There are seven to eight distinct, straight, blunt ribs with a height of up to 2 centimeters. The areoles on it are covered with whitish wool and are 1 to 1.5 centimeters apart. The resulting stinging, two-tone thorns have a black base and a lighter tip. The three to five central spines are 1.2 to 4.5 inches long. One of them is longer than the rest. The six to eight radial spines have a length of 4 to 15 millimeters.

The white, wide-opening flowers are 18 to 19 centimeters long. The oval fruits are yellow to red.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Cereus bicolor is mostly found on sandstone in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso , Mato Grosso do Sul and Goiás , and more rarely on limestone rocks. The first description was published in 1985 by Carlos Toledo Rizzini and Armando de Mattos .

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

↑ Braun, PJ (2017): The cacti native to Mato Grosso do Sul. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (3): 65-70.
↑ Braun, PJ (2017): An annotated list of species of the Cactaceae from Mato Grosso do Sul: Säulenkakteen. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (7): 191-197.
↑ Braun, PJ (2018): The cacti native to Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) - a supplement. - cact. and. Sukk. 69 (12): 364-366.
^ Revista Brasileira de Biologia . Volume 45, number, 3 Rio de Janeiro 1985, p. 307.
↑ Cereus bicolor in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Braun, P., Machado, M. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

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[1] Braun, PJ (2017): The cacti native to Mato Grosso do Sul. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (3): 65-70.

[2] Braun, PJ (2017): An annotated list of species of the Cactaceae from Mato Grosso do Sul: Säulenkakteen. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (7): 191-197.

[3] Braun, PJ (2018): The cacti native to Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) - a supplement. - cact. and. Sukk. 69 (12): 364-366.

[4] Revista Brasileira de Biologia . Volume 45, number, 3 Rio de Janeiro 1985, p. 307.

[5] Cereus bicolor in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Braun, P., Machado, M. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2013.