Cumulopuntia hystrix
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Cumulopuntia hystrix is a species of plant in the genus Cumulopuntia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet hystrix means '(Greek) hedgehog, porcupine'.
description
Cumulopuntia hystrix forms pads. The strong, humped shoot sections are up to 4 inches long and have a diameter of 3 inches. The humps are protruding and elongated. The shoot sections carry areoles over half their length , where they are spreading and heavily thorny. The twelve gray-brown, very strong, needle-like, straight thorns radiate densely in all directions and are 5 to 10 centimeters or more long.
The golden yellow, purple-colored flowers have a length of up to 5 centimeters. Your pericarpel is thorny along the edge. The fruits are up to 3 centimeters long and have 1 to 6 centimeters long thorns on the edge.
Distribution and systematics
Cumulopuntia hystrix is widespread in the high Andes of the Chilean region of Antofagasta at altitudes of 3000 to 3200 meters.
It was first described in 1980 by Friedrich Ritter . A synonym is Opuntia sanctae-barbarae D.R. Hunt (1997).
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 163 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cacti in South America. Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 3: Chile. Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1980, pp. 883-884.