Cipocereus crassisepalus

Cipocereus crassisepalus
	Cipocereus crassisepalus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Cipocereus
Type :	Cipocereus crassisepalus
Scientific name
	Cipocereus crassisepalus
	( Buining & Brederoo ) NPTaylor & Zappi

Cipocereus crassisepalus is a species of the genus Cipocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet refers to the thick-fleshed petals.

description

Cipocereus crassisepalus grows tree-shaped, branches irregularly and reaches heights of up to 2 meters. The dark green, segmented shoots have a diameter of up to 6 centimeters. There are 4 to 6 blunt ribs that are thickened around the areoles . From the round areoles, thick, reddish-brown wool and bristly hair initially emerge , which later turn gray until the areoles are finally bald. The initially shiny reddish brown thorns turn gray with a darker tip. The 1 to 2 central spines are directed upwards and up to 3 inches long. The approximately 3 radial spines are spread out and have a length of up to 2.5 centimeters.

The flowers are 4 centimeters to 7.5 centimeters in diameter. The pear-shaped fruits are yellowish white and tinged with purple.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Cipocereus crassisepalus is common in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the Diamantina region. It was first described as Cereus crassisepalus in 1973 by Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining and Arnold J. Brederoo . Nigel Paul Taylor (* 1956) and Daniela Cristina Zappi (* 1965) placed them in the genus Cipocereus in 1991 .

Cipocereus crassisepalus was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. endangered, classified. In 2013 the species was named " Endangered (EN) ". H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 113 .

Individual evidence

^ In: H. Krainz: Die Kakteen . 1973, CIVb.
↑ Bradleya . Volume 9, 1991, p. 86.
↑ Cipocereus crassisepalus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Zappi, D. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

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[1] In: H. Krainz: Die Kakteen . 1973, CIVb.

[2] Bradleya . Volume 9, 1991, p. 86.

[3] Cipocereus crassisepalus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Zappi, D. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2014.