Coryphantha gracilis

Coryphantha gracilis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Coryphantha
Type :	Coryphantha gracilis
Scientific name
	Coryphantha gracilis
	L.Bremer & ABLau

Coryphantha gracilis is a species of plant in the genus Coryphantha from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet gracilis comes from Latin and means 'slim'.

description

Coryphantha gracilis usually grows individually and only sometimes branches. The flattened spherical to spherical, light gray-green to grass-green shoots reach heights of 3.5 to 10.5 centimeters with diameters of 2.5 to 5 centimeters. The conical warts, which are up to 9 millimeters long, are slightly curved. The axillae are not woolly. Nectar glands are absent. Central spines are not developed. The twelve to 18 whitish to yellowish brown, 0.5 to 1.1 centimeters long radial spines lie close to the shoot surface.

The very bright yellow, shiny flowers are 2.2 to 3 centimeters long and 3.5 to 5 centimeters in diameter. The spherical, light green fruits are not very juicy and have lengths of 1 to 1.5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Coryphantha gracilis is common on chalk gravel in the Mexican state of Chihuahua .

The first description by Lewis Bremer & Alfred Bernhard Lau was published in 1977. A nomenclature synonym is Escobrittonia gracilis (L.Bremer & ABLau) Doweld (2000).

Coryphantha gracilis is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. not endangered, classified.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 152 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 97.
^ Lewis Bremer, Alfred B. Lau: Coryphantha gracilis sp.nov. A New Species from Chihuahua . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 49, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1977, pp. 71-73.
↑ Coryphantha gracilis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Lüthy, AD & sealing, RF, 2009. Retrieved on July 7, 2012 found.

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Photos of Coryphantha gracilis

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 97.

[2] Lewis Bremer, Alfred B. Lau: Coryphantha gracilis sp.nov. A New Species from Chihuahua . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 49, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1977, pp. 71-73.

[3] Coryphantha gracilis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: Lüthy, AD & sealing, RF, 2009. Retrieved on July 7, 2012 found.