Dendrocereus nudiflorus
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( Engelm. Ex Sauvalle ) Britton & Rose |
Dendrocereus nudiflorus is a species of plant in the genus Dendrocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). A Spanish common name is "Flor de Copa".
description
Dendrocereus nudiflorus grows tree-shaped, is richly branched and reaches heights of 7 to 10 meters. A trunk up to 1 meter high and 60 centimeters in diameter is formed. The short, cloudy green shoot sections have a diameter of up to 16 centimeters. The 3 to 5 wing-like, notched ribs are up to 7 centimeters high. The 2 to 15 needle-like thorns , which are sometimes missing, are gray with a darker tip. They are up to 4 inches long.
The broad, funnel-shaped, white flowers have a narrow flower tube and are 10 to 12 centimeters long. The mostly spherical, greenish fruits are smooth and 8 to 12 centimeters long.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Dendrocereus nudiflorus is common in Cuba . The first description as Cereus nudiflorus was published in 1869 by Francisco Adolfo Sauvalle . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Dendrocereus in 1920 . Dendrocereus nudiflorus may just be synonymous with Dendrocereus undulosus .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 177 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana . Volume 6, 1869, p. 98.
- ^ 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. 113 .
- ↑ Dendrocereus nudiflorus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2014.