Consolea rubescens
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Consolea rubescens is a species of plant in the genus Consolea from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet rubescens means 'becoming red, reddening'.
description
Consolea rubescens grows upright, tree-shaped with a branched crown and reaches heights of up to 6 meters. The trunk, which is almost cylindrical at the base, is slightly compressed to the side. It reaches a diameter of up to 15 centimeters and is reinforced with tufts of thorns up to 8 centimeters long or without thorns. The elongated to egg-shaped, dark green to reddish green, up to 25 centimeters long shoot sections are only nested in the youth stage. There are several whitish, needle-like thorns that are 1 to 6 inches long, but can sometimes be missing.
The red, orange or yellow flowers are up to 6 centimeters long and 2 centimeters in diameter. The egg-shaped to spherical, reddish fruits reach a diameter of up to 8 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Consolea rubescens is common in the Lesser Antilles , the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico .
It was first described as Opuntia rubescens in 1828 by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle . Charles Lemaire placed them in the genus Consolea in 1862 . A synonym is Consolea moniliformis subsp. rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Guiggi (2007).
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The development of the populations is considered stable.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 134 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis . Volume 3, 1828, p. 474, (online) .
- ^ Revue Horticole . Paris 1862, p. 174.
- ↑ Consolea rubescens in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Negrón-Ortiz, V. & Griffith, P., 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
