Corryocactus aureus
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Corryocactus aureus is a species of plant in the genus Corryocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet aureus means 'golden, golden yellow'.
description
Corryocactus aureus forms large colonies by means of shoots that grow underground. The upright, not articulated, cylindrical to club-shaped shoots are up to 20 centimeters long and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameter. There are five to eight ribs up to 1 centimeter high , which are slightly notched on their back. The subtle thorns are brown to blackish. The one or two central spines are up to 6 inches long. The nine to eleven radial spines are unequal in length.
The orange-yellow to orange-red flowers are up to 4 inches long. The greenish to reddish fruits reach a diameter of up to 2 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Corryocactus aureus is common in the Peruvian region of Arequipa .
It was first described as Cactus aureus in 1933 by Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen . Paul Clifford Hutchison placed them in the genus Corryocactus in 1963 . Synonyms are Cereus aureus Meyen (1933, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1) and Cleistocactus aureus (Meyen) FACWeber ex Rol.-Goss. (1904).
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 144 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Journey around the earth . Volume 1, Berlin 1834, p. 447 (online) .
- ↑ Succulents . Number 7/8, 1963, p. 9.
- ↑ F. Meyen: Something about the beautiful cactus species on the west coast of South America . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 1, number 27, 1833, p. 211 (online) .
- ↑ Corryocactus aureus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Cáceres, F. & Roque, J., 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
