Coryphantha pseudoechinus

Coryphantha pseudoechinus
	Coryphantha pseudoechinus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Coryphantha
Type :	Coryphantha pseudoechinus
Scientific name
	Coryphantha pseudoechinus
	Boed.

Coryphantha pseudoechinus is a species of plant in the genus Coryphantha from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet pseudoechinus is derived from the Greek words pseudeo for 'wrong' and echinus for 'hedgehog' or 'sea urchin' and refers to the similarity with Coryphantha echinus .

description

Coryphantha pseudoechinus initially grows individually, later branches out profusely and forms low groups. The egg-shaped, greyish-green to grass-green shoots turn gray-green with age. With a diameter of 4 to 6 centimeters, they reach heights of 7 to 12 centimeters. The up to 12 millimeters long conical warts are strongly ascending. Nectar glands are occasionally present. The one to three conspicuous, sometimes not quite centrally arranged central spines are brown or black. They are ascending, very rigid and 1.3 to 2 inches long. The 18 to 25 gray to white to reddish brown, occasionally black-tipped radial spines are straight and have lengths of 0.8 to 1.5 centimeters.

The light pink to magenta colored flowers are 2 to 2.2 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 2 to 3.5 centimeters. The light yellowish-green to bronze-colored to slightly pink-colored fruits have lengths of up to 2.3 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Coryphantha pseudoechinus is common in the Mexican state of Coahuila .

The first description by Friedrich Bödeker was published in 1929. The following subspecies are distinguished:

Coryphantha pseudoechinus subsp. pseudoechinus
Coryphantha pseudoechinus subsp. laui (L.Bremer) Dicht & A.Lüthy

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

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 156 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 193.
↑ Friedrich Bödeker: Coryphantha pseudechinus Böd. sp.n. In: Monthly magazine of the German Cactus Society . Volume 1, Number 1, 1929, pp. 18-20.
^ Coryphantha pseudoechinus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Hernández, HM, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2013.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 193.

[2] Friedrich Bödeker: Coryphantha pseudechinus Böd. sp.n. In: Monthly magazine of the German Cactus Society . Volume 1, Number 1, 1929, pp. 18-20.

[3] Coryphantha pseudoechinus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Hernández, HM, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2013.