Echinocereus primolanatus

Echinocereus primolanatus
	Echinocereus primolanatus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus primolanatus
Scientific name
	Echinocereus primolanatus
	Fritz Schwarz ex NPTaylor

Echinocereus primolanatus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet primolanatus is derived from the Latin words primus for 'the first' and lanatus for 'woolly' and refers to the conspicuous white thorns of the species.

description

Echinocereus primolanatus usually grows solitary with occasionally enlarged roots . The green spherical to cylindrical shoots are 4 to 12 centimeters long and have a diameter of 2.5 to 5.5 centimeters. They are covered by the thorns. There are 16 to 26 low ribs that are slightly humped. The one to three central spines, which are only present on young shoots, are hair-like and brownish. They have a length of up to 1.5 centimeters. The 20 to 28 dirty white radial spines, arranged in two comb-like rows, are up to 0.4 centimeters long.

The broad, funnel-shaped flowers are bright pink. They appear near the shoot tips from very woolly bud, are 5.5 to 9 inches long and reach 5 to 9 inches in diameter. The egg-shaped fruits are almost dry and tear open lengthways. They are covered with thick wool and thorns.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus primolanatus is distributed in the Mexican state of Coahuila on the edge of the Sierra de la Paila .

The first description by Nigel Paul Taylor was published in 1985.

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. 204 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 191.
^ Nigel Paul Taylor: The Genus Echinocereus . A Kew Magazine Monograph, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Collingridge 1985, p. 130.
↑ Echinocereus primolanatus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM & Sotomayor, 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. 191.

[2] Nigel Paul Taylor: The Genus Echinocereus . A Kew Magazine Monograph, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Collingridge 1985, p. 130.

[3] Echinocereus primolanatus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM & Sotomayor, M., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.