Consolea moniliformis
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Consolea moniliformis is a species of plant in the genus Consolea from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet moniliformis means '(Latin monile collar), collar-shaped'.
description
Consolea moniliformis grows tree-shaped with a richly branched crown and reaches heights of up to 4 meters. The trunk is somewhat flattened towards its tip. It is armed with dense, piercing, spreading, yellow or gray thorns that are up to 12 centimeters long. The elongated to sickle-shaped shoot sections are knotted like a network. They are 30 inches long and 13 inches wide. The glochids are brown. There are initially three to six, later five to eight thorns , but they can sometimes be missing. They are yellowish and up to 8 millimeters long.
The yellow to orange flowers open wide and have curved bracts . They are up to 5 centimeters long and 2.5 centimeters in diameter. The elongated to egg-shaped fruits reach a length of up to 6 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Consolea moniliformis is common in Cuba , Hispaniola and Desecheo .
It was first described as Cactus moniliformis in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum . Alwin Berger placed them in the genus Consolea in 1926 . The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Consolea moniliformis subsp. moniliformis
- Consolea moniliformis subsp. guantanamana areces
Synonyms are Opuntia moniliformis (L.) Haw. ex Steud. (1841) and Nopalea moniliformis (L.) K.Schum. (1898).
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The future development of the populations is unknown.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 133 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Species Plantarum . Volume 1, 1753, p. 468, (online)
- ↑ The lines of development of the cacti . 1926, p. 94.
- ↑ Consolea moniliformis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Negrón-Ortiz, V., Griffith, P., Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
