Cumulopuntia galerasensis
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Cumulopuntia galerasensis is a species of plant in the genus Cumulopuntia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet galerasensis refers to the occurrence of the species in galeras .
description
Cumulopuntia galerasensis forms small, dense cushions. The ellipsoidal, somewhat humped sections of the shoot are up to 4 centimeters long and have thorns. From the large areoles arise up to twelve orange-brown, strong, needle-like, upright or spreading, straight or curved thorns that are up to 5 centimeters long.
The lemon yellow flowers are up to 5 centimeters long. Your pericarpel is thorny near the edge. The spherical fruits are set along the edge with upright, up to 4 centimeters long thorns.
Distribution and systematics
Cumulopuntia galerasensis is common in the Ayacucho region of Peru .
It was first described in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter . A nomenclature synonym is Opuntia galerasensis (F.Ritter) DRHunt (1997).
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 162 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 91.
- ↑ Cacti in South America. Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4: Peru. Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1981, p. 1249.