Echinocereus grandis

Echinocereus grandis
	Echinocereus grandis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus grandis
Scientific name
	Echinocereus grandis
	Britton & Rose

Echinocereus grandis is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet grandis comes from Latin , means 'large' and refers to the growth habit of the species.

description

Echinocereus grandis grows individually, but occasionally branches out and then forms groups that can consist of up to 15 shoots . The cylindrical shoots are up to 50 centimeters long and have a diameter of up to 12 centimeters. There are 18 to 25 ribs . The eight to twelve protruding central spines are white to cream-colored. They have lengths of 0.3 to 0.6 centimeters. The 15 to 25 white to cream-colored radial spines lie on the shoot surface and are 0.5 to 1 centimeter long.

The narrow, funnel-shaped flowers are white to light yellow or pink in color. They appear near the shoot tips, are 5 to 7 centimeters long and reach 5 to 8 centimeters in diameter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus grandis is distributed on three islands off the Mexican Baja California peninsula in the Gulf of California .

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1922.

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. 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. 98.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 18 ( online ).
↑ Echinocereus grandis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Burquez Montijo, A. & Felger, RS, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 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. 98.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 18 ( online ).

[3] Echinocereus grandis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Burquez Montijo, A. & Felger, RS, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2014.