Echinocereus ferreirianus

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Echinocereus ferreirianus
Echinocereus ferreirianus subsp. lindsayi

Echinocereus ferreirianus subsp. lindsayi

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

Echinocereus ferreirianus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Enrique Ferreira, the Mexican consul from San Diego, California .

description

Echinocereus ferreirianus grows solitary to branched and then forms small groups. The spherical to cylindrical, green to gray-green shoots reach heights of up to 40 centimeters with diameters of 4 to 10 centimeters. The shoots are almost completely covered by the thorns . The four to seven round, often curved central spines are initially red and later turn dark or gray. They are 1.5 to 10 inches long. The eight to 14 whitish radial spines are 0.8 to 4.5 inches long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are light to more or less deep purple-pink and have a dark orange to red throat. They appear near the shoot tips, are 6 to 10 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 4 to 9.5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus ferreirianus is distributed in Mexico on the Baja California peninsula . The first description was in 1953 by Howard Elliott Gates .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

  • Echinocereus ferreirianus subsp. ferreirianus :
    The nominate form has 30 to 40 centimeter high shoots and almost always 4 central spines.
  • Echinocereus ferreirianus subsp. lindsayi (J.Meyrán) NPTaylor :
    The first description was in 1975 as Echinocereus lindsay by Jorge Meyrán. Nigel Paul Taylor introduced the species in 1997 as a subspecies to Echinocereus ferreirianus . The subspecies usually has 13 cm high shoots and 4 to 7 central spines.

Echinocereus ferreirianus subsp. Lindsayi is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species . In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 82.
  2. ↑ Saguaroland Bulletin . Volume 7, Number 1, 1953, pp. 8-11.
  3. ↑ Cactaceas y Suculentas Mexicanas. Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Vol. 20, 1975, p. 80.
  4. ↑ Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives. England, No. 3, 1997, p. 9
  5. ↑ Echinocereus ferreirianus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: León de la Luz, JL, Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Hernández, HM, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

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