Dendrocereus
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Dendrocereus nudiflorus |
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Dendrocereus is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Greek noun "δένδρσν" (dendron) for tree and means tree-cereus .
description
The species of the genus Dendrocereus grow tree-like with many upright or hanging branches and have clearly defined trunks. Their cylindrical drive segments are usually short. The 3 to 5 thin and high ribs have wavy or notched edges. From the Areoles springing thorns can not be distinguished as a middle or spines and sometimes missing altogether.
The white, broadly funnel-shaped flowers appear near the tip of the shoot and open at night. The cylindrical flower tube is covered with short, turned back scales. There are only a few areoles with a few thorns on the flower cup .
The green, spherical to pear-shaped, non-tearing fruits are bare and contain rough, brown seeds .
Systematics and distribution
The species of the genus Dendrocereus are common in Cuba and Haiti .
The genus was first described in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . The type species of the genus is Cereus nudiflorus . The genus includes the two species:
- Dendrocereus nudiflorus (Engelm. Ex Sauvalle) Britton & Rose
- Dendrocereus undulosus (DC.) Britton & Rose
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 177 .
- NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 113 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 177 .
