Echinocereus fasciculatus

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

Echinocereus fasciculatus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet fasciculatus comes from Latin , means 'densely packed' and refers to the clump-forming reed-like shoots of the species. Trivial names are "Bundle Nedgehog", "Órgano-pequeño de Manojos", "Pitahayita", "Robust Hedgehog", "Short- Spined Hedgehog ”,“ Strawberry Cactus ”and“ Strawberry Hedgehog ”.

description

Echinocereus fasciculatus pictures loose groups of five to 20 shoots . The green cylindrical to elongated shoots are 16 to 45 centimeters long and 4 to 7.5 centimeters in diameter. The shoot surface is not completely covered by the thorns. There are eight to 18 ribs that are not clearly humped. The two to four straight, light-colored central spines have a darker tip and lengths of 2.5 to 7.5 centimeters. One of them stands out. The eleven to 13 spread, straight, whitish or grayish radial spines are 1.2 to 2 centimeters long.

The broad, funnel-shaped flowers are magenta to reddish purple in color. They appear in the upper half of the shoots, are 5 to 6.2 inches long and reach the same diameter. The spherical, fleshy, initially green fruits turn red later.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus fasciculatus is common in the United States in the states of New Mexico and Arizona, as well as in the neighboring Mexican state of Sonora .

The first description as Mammillaria fasciculata by Benjamin Daydon Jackson was published in 1895. Lyman David Benson placed the species in the genus Echinocereus in 1969 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Cactus fasciculatus (Engelm. Ex BDJacks.) Kuntze (1891, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 53.1), Neomammillaria fasciculata (Engelm. Ex BDJacks.) Britton & Rose (1923), Echinocereus fendleri var. Fasciculatus (Engelm. ex BDJacks.) NPTaylor (1985) and Echinocereus fendleri subsp. fasciculatus (Engelm. ex BDJacks.) W.Blum & Mich. Lange (1998).

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

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 81.
^ Index Kewensis . Volume 2, 1895, p. 157.
^ The Cacti of Arizona . 3rd edition, 1969, p. 21.
↑ Echinocereus fasciculatus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Butterworth, C. & Baker, M., 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 81.

[2] Index Kewensis . Volume 2, 1895, p. 157.

[3] The Cacti of Arizona . 3rd edition, 1969, p. 21.

[4] Echinocereus fasciculatus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Butterworth, C. & Baker, M., 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2014.