Echinocereus engelmannii

Echinocereus engelmannii
	Echinocereus engelmannii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus engelmannii
Scientific name
	Echinocereus engelmannii
	( Parry ex Engelm. ) Lem.

Echinocereus engelmannii grows in the Joshua Tree National Park together with the Joshua palm lily and Cylindropuntia bigelovii .

Echinocereus engelmannii is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet engelmannii honors the American botanist George Engelmann . Common names are "Calico Cactus", "Dagger-Spine Hedgehog", "Engelmann's Hedgehog", "Indian Strawberry Hedgehog", "Needle-Spine Hedgehog", "Purple-Spined Hedgehog Cactus" and "Strawberry Hedgehog".

description

Echinocereus engelmannii grows branching from the base and forms open to compact groups with up to 60 shoots , which are almost 1 meter in diameter. The cylindrical, green shoots largely covered by the dense thorns reach heights of 5 to 60 centimeters with diameters of 3.8 to 8.7 centimeters. There are ten to thirteen barely humped ribs . The thorns are very variable in size and color. The two to seven angular, strong to flexible, straight to twisted, mostly spreading central spines are up to 7 centimeters long. The six to 14 radial spines lying close to the shoot surface are up to 2 centimeters long.

The short funnel-shaped flowers are a little purple to magenta to lavender and appear in the upper half of the shoots. They are up to 9 centimeters long and reach the same diameter. The red, juicy and edible fruits are up to 3 centimeters long and covered with areoles that fall off.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus engelmannii is distributed in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico from sea level to altitudes of up to 2,400 meters.

The first description as Cereus engelmannii was in 1852 by George Engelmann. Charles Lemaire placed the species in the genus Echinocereus in 1868 .

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Echinocereus engelmannii var. Acicularis Benson
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Armatus Benson
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Chrysocentrus Engelm. & Bigelow
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Engelmannii
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Howei Benson
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Munzii (Parish) Pierce & Fosberg
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Purpureus Benson
Echinocereus engelmannii var. Variegatus Engelm. & Bigelow

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

use

The fruits are eaten as fruit on site.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 195-196 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 76.
↑ George Engelmann: Notes on the Cereus giganteus of South Eastern California and some other Californian Cactaceae . In: American Journal of Science and Arts . 2nd episode, Volume 14, 1852, p. 338, (online) .
↑ Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie Organes de Vegetation, Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 56.
↑ Echinocereus engelmannii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Burquez Montijo, A., Butterworth, C., Felger, RS & Porter, JM, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Echinocereus engelmannii - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 76.

[2] George Engelmann: Notes on the Cereus giganteus of South Eastern California and some other Californian Cactaceae . In: American Journal of Science and Arts . 2nd episode, Volume 14, 1852, p. 338, (online) .

[3] Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie Organes de Vegetation, Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 56.

[4] Echinocereus engelmannii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Burquez Montijo, A., Butterworth, C., Felger, RS & Porter, JM, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.