Echinocereus longisetus

Echinocereus longisetus
	Echinocereus longisetus subsp. delaetii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus longisetus
Scientific name
	Echinocereus longisetus
	( Engelm. ) Lem.

Echinocereus longisetus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet longisetus means 'long-bristled'.

description

Echinocereus longisetus branches from the base and forms large groups up to 1 meter in diameter. The more or less upright cylindrical shoots are 30 to 50 centimeters long and 5 to 8 centimeters in diameter. There are eleven to 24 low ribs that are humped. The four to nine bristle to hair-like central spines are straight or curly and directed downwards. They are whitish to brownish and have a length of 1 to 10 centimeters. The 15 to 20 white radial spines are 1 to 2 inches long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are slightly pinkish purple in color. They never appear near the shoot tips, but sometimes almost basal. The flowers are 5 to 7 centimeters long and 6 to 7 centimeters in diameter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus longisetus is common in the Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo León .

The first description as Cereus longisetus by George Engelmann was published in 1856. Charles Lemaire placed the species in the genus Echinocereus in 1858 . The following subspecies are distinguished:

Echinocereus longisetus subsp. longisetus
Echinocereus longisetus subsp. delaetii (pickle) NPTaylor

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. 199 .

Individual evidence

↑ George Engelmann: Synopsis of the Cactaceae of the Territory of the United States and Adjacent Regions . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 3, 1856, pp. 280-281 (online) .
↑ Charles Lemaire: Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie organ de vegetation Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 57
↑ Echinocereus longisetus 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] George Engelmann: Synopsis of the Cactaceae of the Territory of the United States and Adjacent Regions . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 3, 1856, pp. 280-281 (online) .

[2] Charles Lemaire: Les Cactées Histoire, Patrie organ de vegetation Inflorescence Culture etc. Paris 1868, p. 57

[3] Echinocereus longisetus 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.