Echinocereus papillosus

Echinocereus papillosus
	Echinocereus papillosus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus papillosus
Scientific name
	Echinocereus papillosus
	Left ex Rümpler

Echinocereus papillosus
Plate 115 from 1909 from Blooming Cacti (Iconotype)

Echinocereus papillosus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet papillosus is derived from the Latin word papillose and refers to the ribs of the species dissolved in humps. English trivial names are "Yellow Alicoche" and "Yellow-Flowered Alicoche".

description

Echinocereus papillosus has many shoots and forms low groups of up to one meter in diameter. The mostly upright brownish green, cylindrical shoots have a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. There are six to ten ribs that are clearly tubercular. The individual greyish central spine has a length of up to 1.5 centimeters. The seven to eleven spreading, stiff and whitish radial spines are 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.

The fragrant funnel-shaped flowers are bright yellow and have an orange-red to purple-colored throat. They appear along the shoot sides, are 6 to 9 inches long and reach 8 to 12 inches in diameter. The fruits are spherical.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus papillosus is found in the United States in the southern state of Texas and in the Mexican states of Nuevo León , Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí .

The first description by Karl Theodor Rümpler was published in 1885.

Nomenclatory synonyms are Cereus papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) A. Berger (1905), Echinocereus blanckii var. Papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) LDBenson (1969) and Echinocereus berlandieri var. Papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) LDBenson (1976).

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. 201 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 177.
↑ Theodor Rümpler: Carl Friedrich Förster's Handbuch der Cacteenkunde in its entirety: Or, the most successful, cultural information based on the latest experiences. Processed according to the current state of science and increased by the genera and newly introduced species established since 1846 . Volume 2, Wöller, 1885, p. 783 (online) .
↑ Echinocereus papillosus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Heil, K. & Terry, M., 2009. 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. 177.

[2] Theodor Rümpler: Carl Friedrich Förster's Handbuch der Cacteenkunde in its entirety: Or, the most successful, cultural information based on the latest experiences. Processed according to the current state of science and increased by the genera and newly introduced species established since 1846 . Volume 2, Wöller, 1885, p. 783 (online) .

[3] Echinocereus papillosus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Heil, K. & Terry, M., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.