Coryphantha sulcolanata

Coryphantha sulcolanata
	Coryphantha sulcolanata; flower
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Coryphantha
Type :	Coryphantha sulcolanata
Scientific name
	Coryphantha sulcolanata
	( Lem. ) Lem.

Coryphantha sulcolanata is a species of plant in the genus Coryphantha from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet sulcolanata is derived from the Latin words sulcus for 'furrow' and lanatus for 'woolly' and refers to the woolly wart furrows and axils of the species.

description

Coryphantha sulcolanata usually forms groups. The depressed spherical, bright green shoots reach heights of up to 5 centimeters with diameters of up to 6 centimeters. The shoot apex is often flattened. The up to 20 millimeters long warts are somewhat conical in the upper part and pentagonal at their base. The axillae and the furrows on the warts are thickly puffed. Central spines are not developed. The nine to ten unequal, 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters long radial spines are initially yellowish white and darker pointed, later they become darker. The top and bottom of them are short, the sides are longer.

The yellow flowers are 4 to 6 inches long and reach a diameter of up to 6 inches. The light green fruits have lengths of up to 3 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Coryphantha sulcolanata is common in the Mexican states of Hidalgo , Veracruz, and Oaxaca .

The first description as Mammillaria sulcolanata by Charles Lemaire was published in 1838. Thirty years later he placed the species in the genus Coryphantha . Reto F. Dicht and Adrian D. Lüthy treated Coryphantha sulcolanata in 2001 as a synonym of Coryphantha elephantidens .

Nomenclatory synonyms are Echinocactus sulcolanatus (Lem.) Poselg. (1853) and Cactus sulcolanatus (Lem.) Kuntze (1891). Mammillaria conimamma Linke (1857) and Coryphantha conimamma A. Berger (1929) are included in the species as a synonym .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 160 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 233.
↑ Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto monvilliano cultarum accurata descriptio . 1838, p. 2 ( online ).
↑ Charles Lemaire: Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie organ de vegetation Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 35
^ Reto F. Dicht, Adrian D. Lüthy: A new conspectus of the genus Coryphantha . In: Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives . Number 11, 2001.

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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. 233.

[2] Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto monvilliano cultarum accurata descriptio . 1838, p. 2 ( online ).

[3] Charles Lemaire: Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie organ de vegetation Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 35

[4] Reto F. Dicht, Adrian D. Lüthy: A new conspectus of the genus Coryphantha . In: Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives . Number 11, 2001.