Echinocereus enneacanthus

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

Echinocereus enneacanthus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet enneacanthus means' (Greek ennea) nine; nine prickly '. Common names are "Alicoche", "Banana Cactus", "Cob Cactus", "Green Strawberry Hedgehog", "Pitaya", "Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus", "Purple Pitaya", "Strawberry Cactus" and "Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus".

description

Echinocereus enneacanthus forms low cushions with 30 to 200 shoots . The cloudy to light green, cylindrical and with the exception of the tips prostrate shoots are up to 2 meters long and have a diameter of 3.5 to 15 centimeters. There are seven to ten ribs that are not clearly humped. The one to four straight or curved, rounded to flattened, angular or furrowed central spines are yellowish to brownish or bluish. They have a length of up to 8 centimeters. The six to 13 straight, whitish to brownish radial spines are up to 4 inches long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are magenta in color and have a darker throat. They appear below the shoot tips, are up to 8 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 8 to 12 centimeters. The spherical to egg-shaped fruits contain a pink pulp and taste like strawberries.

Systematics and distribution

Echinocereus enneacanthus is distributed in the United States in the states of New Mexico and Texas, as well as in the north of the neighboring Mexican state of Sonora .

The first description by George Engelmann was published in 1848. A nomenclature synonym is Cereus enneacanthus (Engelm.) Engelm. (1849).

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Echinocereus enneacanthus subsp. enneacanthus
Echinocereus enneacanthus subsp. brevispinus (WOMoore) NPTaylor

One of the synonyms for the subspecies Echinocereus enneacanthus subsp. brevispinus is Echinocereus blanckii (Poselg.) Rümpler (1885).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 196-197 .

Individual evidence

↑ George Engelmann: Botanical Appendix . In: Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus: Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 . Tippin & Streeper, Washington 1848, p. 111, (online) .
^ In: Asa Gray: Plantae Fendlerianae Novi-Mexicanae: An Account of a Collection of Plants made chiefly in the Vicinity of Santa Fé, New Mexico, by Augustus Fendler; with Descriptions of the New Species, Critical Remarks, and Characters of other undescribed or little known Plants from surrounding Regions . In: Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2nd episode, volume 4, number 1, 1849, p. 50 (online) .

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[1] George Engelmann: Botanical Appendix . In: Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus: Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 . Tippin & Streeper, Washington 1848, p. 111, (online) .

[2] In: Asa Gray: Plantae Fendlerianae Novi-Mexicanae: An Account of a Collection of Plants made chiefly in the Vicinity of Santa Fé, New Mexico, by Augustus Fendler; with Descriptions of the New Species, Critical Remarks, and Characters of other undescribed or little known Plants from surrounding Regions . In: Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2nd episode, volume 4, number 1, 1849, p. 50 (online) .