Cylindropuntia ganderi

Cylindropuntia ganderi
	Cylindropuntia ganderi
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Cylindropuntieae
Genre :	Cylindropuntia
Type :	Cylindropuntia ganderi
Scientific name
	Cylindropuntia ganderi
	( CBWolf ) Rebman & Pinkava

Cylindropuntia ganderi is a species of plant in the genus Cylindropuntia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Frank F. Gander . A common name is "Gander's Cholla".

description

Cylindropuntia ganderi grows shrubby with upwardly curved branches and reaches heights of 0.5 to 1.5 meters. On the firmly adhering, green, 5 to 20 centimeters long and 1.7 to 4.5 centimeters in diameter shoot sections there are humps that flow together to form ribs. The yellow to tan woolen areoles turn gray with age and have yellow to rust-colored glochids 0.5 to 6 millimeters long . The 11 to 28 thorns are present on almost all areoles and cover the shoots somewhat. They are spread out to upright, with a circular or flattened cross-section, white to reddish, and become darker with age. The thorns are 2 to 3.5 inches long. The loosely fitting sheaths of the thorns are white to yellow.

The flowers are greenish yellow. The spherical, burdock-like, initially yellowish fruits are dry tan.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Cylindropuntia ganderi is distributed in the United States in the state of California and in the Mexican state of Baja California at altitudes of 100 to 1000 meters

The first description as Opuntia acanthocarpa subsp. ganderi by Carl Brandt Wolf was published in 1938. Jon Paul Rebman and Donald John Pinkava raised the subspecies to the rank of an independent species in 2001. The following varieties are distinguished:

Cylindropuntia ganderi var. Ganderi
Cylindropuntia ganderi var. Catavinensis E.F.Anderson

Nomenclatural synonyms are Opuntia acanthocarpa var. Ganderi (CBWolf) LDBenson (1969), Opuntia ganderi (CBWolf) Rebman & Pinkava (1996) and Grusonia ganderi (CBWolf) GDRowley (2006).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The development of the populations is considered stable.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 171-172 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 91.
^ Occasional Papers of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden . Volume 1, Number 2, 1938, p. 75.
^ Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science . Volume 33, Number 2, 2001, p. 150.
^ Tephrocactus Study Group Bulletin . Volume 12, Number 3, 2006, p. 44.
^ Cylindropuntia ganderi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.1. Posted by: Pinkava, DJ, Baker, M. & Puente, R., 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 91.

[2] Occasional Papers of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden . Volume 1, Number 2, 1938, p. 75.

[3] Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science . Volume 33, Number 2, 2001, p. 150.

[4] Tephrocactus Study Group Bulletin . Volume 12, Number 3, 2006, p. 44.

[5] Cylindropuntia ganderi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.1. Posted by: Pinkava, DJ, Baker, M. & Puente, R., 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.