Corryocactus brevistylus

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

Corryocactus brevistylus is a species of plant in the genus Corryocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet brevistylus means 'short column'. Spanish common names are "Chona", "Guacalla" and "Sancayo".

description

Corryocactus brevistylus grows with richly branched shoots from the base with heights of 2 to 5 meters and forms large groups. The dark green to light green to yellowish green shoots have a diameter of 12 to 15 centimeters. There are six to eight occasionally very noticeable ribs . The approximately 15 initially brownish thorns become lighter later. They are very uneven and usually 1 to 3 inches long. However, some of them are eight to eight inches long.

The broad, funnel-shaped, golden yellow, fragrant flowers are up to 9 centimeters long and 6 to 10 centimeters in diameter. The spherical, greenish fruits are initially thorny and reach a diameter of 7 to 10 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Corryocactus brevistylus is distributed in southern Peru and northern Chile at altitudes above 2000 meters.

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

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. brevistylus
Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. puquiensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

use

fruit

The fruits are used as fruit. Shoots and fruits are also used in medicine in Peru.

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

^ Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 50, Numbers 2-3, Beiblatt 111, Leipzig 1913, p. 17 ( 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. 66 .
↑ Corryocactus brevistylus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Cáceres, F., Roque, J., Ostalaza, C. & Walter, HE, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 50, Numbers 2-3, Beiblatt 111, Leipzig 1913, p. 17 ( 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. 66 .

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