Echinocereus freudenbergeri

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

Echinocereus freudenbergeri is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet freudenbergeri honors the German cactus collector Gerhard Freudenberger.

description

Echinocereus freudenbergeri grows individually or forms groups. The green, cylindrical shoots are up to 15 centimeters long and 4 to 6 centimeters in diameter. There are 14 to 18 ribs . The 20 to 25 whitish to gray-brown to gray thorns are up to 2.5 centimeters long. It is difficult to distinguish between central and radial spines.

The slightly purple-pink to magenta-colored flowers reach a diameter of 6 to 12 centimeters. The egg-shaped fruits are carmine red. They have a length of 2 to 2.5 centimeters and a diameter of 5 to 8 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus freudenbergeri is distributed in the Mexican state of Coahuila between Cuatro Ciénegas and Torreón .

The first description by Gerhard RW Frank was published in 1981. Nomenclatory synonyms are Echinocereus delaetii var. Freudenbergeri (G. Frank) NPTaylor (1985) and Echinocereus longisetus subsp. freudenbergeri (G. Frank) W.Blum (1998).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 198 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 87.
^ Gerhard RW Frank: Echinocereus freudenbergeri GRW Frank . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 32, Number 5, 1981, pp. 102-105.
↑ Echinocereus freudenbergeri in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Sotomayor, M., Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM & Smith, M., 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

Web links

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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. 87.

[2] Gerhard RW Frank: Echinocereus freudenbergeri GRW Frank . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 32, Number 5, 1981, pp. 102-105.

[3] Echinocereus freudenbergeri in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Sotomayor, M., Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM & Smith, M., 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2014.