Cleistocactus tenuiserpens
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Cleistocactus tenuiserpens is a species of plant in the genus Cleistocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet tenuiserpens means 'forming thin snakes'.
description
Cleistocactus tenuiserpens grows shrubby with very slender shoots branching at the base and reaches heights of up to 2 meters with diameters of just under 1 centimeter. There are 9 to 10 low, somewhat arched ribs . The 1 to 2 protruding central spines are up to 2.5 centimeters long. The very slender, spreading radial spines are whitish and 2 to 8 millimeters long.
The strongly zygomorphic , orange-red to red flowers are up to 5 centimeters long. The bracts are quite spread out. The green to red fruits reach a diameter of up to 1.5 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Cleistocactus tenuiserpens is distributed in the Peruvian region of Cajamarca in the Huancabamba valley at altitudes of 700 meters. It was first described in 1957 by Werner Rauh and Curt Backeberg .
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. 126-127 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Descriptiones Cactearum Novarum . 1957, p. 17.
- ↑ Cleistocactus tenuiserpens in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C., Cáceres, F. & Roque, J., 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2014.