Dendrocereus nudiflorus

Dendrocereus nudiflorus
	Dendrocereus nudiflorus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Dendrocereus
Type :	Dendrocereus nudiflorus
Scientific name
	Dendrocereus nudiflorus
	( Engelm. Ex Sauvalle ) Britton & Rose

Dendrocereus nudiflorus is a species of plant in the genus Dendrocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). A Spanish common name is "Flor de Copa".

description

Dendrocereus nudiflorus grows tree-shaped, is richly branched and reaches heights of 7 to 10 meters. A trunk up to 1 meter high and 60 centimeters in diameter is formed. The short, cloudy green shoot sections have a diameter of up to 16 centimeters. The 3 to 5 wing-like, notched ribs are up to 7 centimeters high. The 2 to 15 needle-like thorns , which are sometimes missing, are gray with a darker tip. They are up to 4 inches long.

The broad, funnel-shaped, white flowers have a narrow flower tube and are 10 to 12 centimeters long. The mostly spherical, greenish fruits are smooth and 8 to 12 centimeters long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Dendrocereus nudiflorus is common in Cuba . The first description as Cereus nudiflorus was published in 1869 by Francisco Adolfo Sauvalle . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Dendrocereus in 1920 . Dendrocereus nudiflorus may just be synonymous with Dendrocereus undulosus .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 177 .

Individual evidence

↑ Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana . Volume 6, 1869, p. 98.
^ 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 .
↑ Dendrocereus nudiflorus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Dendrocereus nudiflorus - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana . Volume 6, 1869, p. 98.

[2] 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 .

[3] Dendrocereus nudiflorus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2014.