Coryphantha macromeris
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Coryphantha macromeris is a species of plant in the genus Coryphantha from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet macromeris is derived from the Greek words macros for 'large' and meors for 'part' and possibly refers to the large flower envelope of the species. English common names are “Big Needle Cactus”, “Big Nipple Cory-Cactus”, “Long Mamma ”and“ Nipple Beehive Cactus ”, a Spanish one is“ Dona Ana ”.
description
Coryphantha macromeris usually forms groups up to 15 centimeters in height and 100 centimeters in diameter. The roots are fleshy. The spherical to cylindrical, dark green to blue-green, occasionally gray-green over time, somewhat flabby fleshy shoots reach heights of up to 23 centimeters with diameters of 4 to 8 centimeters. The up to 15 millimeters long, very conspicuous warts are conical to cylindrical. They have a delicate epidermis . The furrow on the warts extends from the tip to only half the length of the wart. Sometimes the warts carry nectar glands. The one to four (rarely six) blackish, brown or gray central spines are curved, somewhat bendable and 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters long. The nine to 15 slender, 1.6 to 2.5 centimeters long radial spines are white to brown.
The bright pink or magenta flowers are 3 to 5 centimeters long and 4.5 to 7 centimeters in diameter. Your bracts are ciliate. The green fruits are up to 2.5 inches long.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Coryphantha macromeris is distributed in the United States in the states of New Mexico and Texas as well as in the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Coahuila , San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas on sandy alluvial soil of the vegetation of the Chihuahua Desert .
The first description as Mammillaria macromeris by George Engelmann was published in 1848. Charles Lemaire placed the species in the genus Coryphantha in 1868 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Echinocactus macromeris (Engelm.) Poselg. (1853), Cactus macromeris (Engelm.) Kuntze (1891) and Lepidocoryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) Backeb. (1942).
The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Coryphantha macromeris subsp. macromeris
- Coryphantha macromeris subsp. runyonii (Britton & Rose) NPTaylor
Coryphantha macromeris is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. not endangered, classified.
use
Coryphantha macromeris is used by the Tarahumara in ceremonies.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 153-154 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 144.
- ↑ In: Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus : Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 . Washington 1848, pp. 97-98 (online) .
- ↑ Charles Lemaire: Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie organ de vegetation Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 35
- ↑ Coryphantha macromeris in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: sealing, RF & Lüthy, AD, 2009. Accessed June 7, 2012 found.
Web links
- Photos of Coryphantha macromeris