Cereus stenogonus

Cereus stenogonus
	Cereus stenogonus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Cereus
Type :	Cereus stenogonus
Scientific name
	Cereus stenogonus
	K. Schum.

Cereus stenogonus is a species of plant in the genus Cereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet stenogonus means 'with narrow ribs'.

description

Cereus stenogonus grows tree-like with sparse to richly branched, upright shoots and reaches heights of up to 8 meters. There is a clear, heavily thorny trunk. The cylindrical, blue-green shoots are later light glaucous green and have a diameter of 6 to 9 centimeters. There are four to five deeply notched, high ribs . The areoles sitting in the notches are far apart. The usually three to four spreading, conical thorns emerging from them are thick to onion-shaped at their base. They are yellow with a black tip or black and up to 7 millimeters long.

The slightly pink flowers are 20 to 22 centimeters long. The up to 10 centimeters long, egg-shaped fruits are red. They contain a red pulp .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Cereus stenogonus is distributed in Brazil , Mato Grosso do Sul , Paraguay and the Argentine provinces of Chaco , Corrientes and Misiones up to 500 meters above sea level. The first description was published in 1899 by Karl Moritz Schumann .

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. 111 .

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.
↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 9, 1899, p. 165.
↑ Cereus stenogonus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Oakley, L., Pin, A. & Duarte, W., 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] Monthly for cactus science . Volume 9, 1899, p. 165.

[4] Cereus stenogonus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Oakley, L., Pin, A. & Duarte, W., 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2013.