Corryocactus brachypetalus

Corryocactus brachypetalus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Corryocactus
Type :	Corryocactus brachypetalus
Scientific name
	Corryocactus brachypetalus
	( Vaupel ) Britton & Rose

Corryocactus brachypetalus is a species of plant in the genus Corryocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet brachypetalus means 'short petals with short petals'.

description

Corryocactus brachypetalus grows from the base with richly branched, numerous, upright shoots with heights of up to 4 meters and forms large groups. The cloudy green shoots are 6 to 10 centimeters in diameter. There are seven to eight noticeable ribs . The up to 20 initially black thorns become lighter later. They are occasionally twisted and usually shorter than 1 centimeter. However, one or more of them are four to six inches long.

The broad, funnel-shaped, deep orange flowers measure 4 to 6 centimeters in diameter. The spherical, greenish yellow fruits are initially thorny and reach a diameter of 6 to 7 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Corryocactus brachypetalus is in the Peruvian region of Arequipa common.

It was first described as Cereus brachypetalus in 1913 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Corryocactus in 1920 .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 144-145 .

Individual evidence

^ Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 50, Numbers 2-3, Beiblatt 111, Leipzig 1913, p. 16. (online).
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 67 .
^ Corryocactus brachypetalus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Roque, J., Ostalaza, C. & Cáceres, F., 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

Web links

Illustrations

[1] Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 50, Numbers 2-3, Beiblatt 111, Leipzig 1913, p. 16. (online).

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 67 .

[3] Corryocactus brachypetalus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Roque, J., Ostalaza, C. & Cáceres, F., 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.