Echinocereus leucanthus
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Echinocereus leucanthus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Echinocereus leucanthus branches out from the base and grows with cylindrical, slender light to dark green shoots that reach a diameter of 3 millimeters to 6 millimeters. The basal tapered shoots, which are supported in the natural location by adjacent vegetation, arise from a large tuberous root and reach heights of up to 30 centimeters. There are eight very low ribs . The 9 to 18 white radial spines are up to 1 millimeter long. 2 to 3, sometimes more, blackish central spines are formed per areole, which are less than 1 millimeter long.
The terminal or near the tip of the shoots funnel-like flowers are white. They are 2 to 4 inches long and up to 4 inches in diameter. The egg-shaped fruits are olive-green in color and fragrant.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Echinocereus leucanthus is common in the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora in low altitudes.
It was first described in 1985 by Nigel Paul Taylor . The species belongs to the Wilcoxia section . A synonym of the species is Wilcoxia albiflora Backeb. (1952).
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 199 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Echinocereus leucanthus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Felger, RS, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
