Cereus lanosus
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Cereus lanosus is a species of plant in the genus Cereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Cereus lanosus grows as a shrub with richly branched, semi- prostrate shoots and reaches heights of up to 1.5 meters. The long, cylindrical, blue-green shoots have a diameter of 5 to 7 centimeters. There are five to seven ribs that are up to 2.5 inches high. The circular areoles on it are covered with long white wool. The resulting 10 to 14 straight, needle-like thorns are orange and have a reddish base. They are 4 to 10 millimeters long.
Nothing is known about flowers , fruits and seeds .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Cereus lanosus is common in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul and in Paraguay in the Cordillera department . The first description as Piptanthocereus lanosus was published in 1979 by Friedrich Ritter . Pierre Josef Braun placed them in the genus Cereus in 1988 .
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. 109 .
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.
- ↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 1, 1979, pp. 259-260.
- ↑ Bradleya . Volume 6, 1988, p. 86.
- ↑ Cereus lanosus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Pin, A. & Oakley, L., 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
