Consolea

Consolea
Consolea spinosissima
Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Opuntioideae Tribe : Opuntieae Genre : Consolea
Scientific name
Consolea
Lem.

Consolea is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus honors Michelangelo Console , an inspector at the Botanical Garden in Palermo .

description

The species of the genus Consolea grow tree-like or with several main trunks. The spherical, elliptical or egg-shaped shoot sections are often of irregular shape, have curved edges and either a smooth or recognizable reticulated surface. The tiny leaves are usually cylindrical and fall off early. The areoles have glochids , hair and variable thorns , which can sometimes be missing.

The red to orange to yellow flowers are small and open during the day. The elongated pericarpel is laterally flattened and sometimes curved.

The elongated to egg-shaped, obovate or club-shaped fruits are fleshy. They contain highly specialized, yellowish-white seeds 3 to 4 millimeters in length that are heavily compressed on the sides.

Systematics and distribution

The species of the genus Consolea are common in Florida and the entire Caribbean . The first description of the genus was made in 1862 by Charles Lemaire . The type species of the genus is Opuntia rubescens . The genus includes the following species:

• Consolea corallicola Small
• Consolea falcata (Ekman & Werderm.) FMKnuth
• Consolea macracantha (Griseb.) A.Berger
• Consolea millspaughii (Britton) A. Berger
  • Consolea millspaughii subsp. caymanensis
  • Consolea millspaughii subsp. millspaughii
• Consolea moniliformis (L.) A. Berger
  • Consolea moniliformis subsp. moniliformis
  • Consolea moniliformis subsp. guantanamana
• Consolea nashii (Britton) A. Berger
  • Consolea nashii subsp. nashii
  • Consolea nashii subsp. gibarensis
• Consolea picardae (Urb.) Areces
• Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.
• Consolea spinosissima (Mill.) Lem.

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 131-134 .
• Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape I . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1982, ISBN 3-437-30380-5 , p. 375-388 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Revue Horticole . P. 174, Paris 1862
2. ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 132-134 .

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