Corryocactus huincoensis
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Corryocactus huincoensis is a species of plant in the genus Corryocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet huincoensis refers to the occurrence of the species near the Peruvian town of Huinco .
description
Corryocactus huincoensis grows as a shrub with semi-upright to pendulous and spreading, dark green shoots that are 1 to 1.5 meters in length and 1 to 2.5 centimeters in diameter. There are eight to twelve ribs that are notched on the back. The fine, needle-like, whitish to reddish brown or black thorns cannot be divided into central and radial spines. They are up to 2 inches long.
The flowers are yellow. The green, thorny fruits reach a diameter of up to 1.5 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Corryocactus huincoensis is common in the Peruvian region of Lima in the valley of the Río Santa Eulalia and near Matucana .
It was first described in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter . A synonym is Corryocactus matucanensis F. Ritter (1981).
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . With a foreword by Wilhelm Barthlott and an article by Roger Brown on cactus cultivation and care. Translated from English, supplemented and revised by Urs Eggli. Ulmer , Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 146 (English: The cactus family . Portland 2004. Translated by Urs Eggli ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 112.
- ↑ Friedrich Ritter: Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4, 1981, pp. 1288-1289.
