Echinocereusreichenbachii

Echinocereusreichenbachii
	Echinocereusreichenbachii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereusreichenbachii
Scientific name
	Echinocereusreichenbachii
	( Terscheck ex Walp. ) F. Haage

Echinocereusreichenbachii is a species of the genus Echinocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet reichbachii honors the German engineer and cactus collector Friedrich Reichenbach from Dresden. English common names are "Black Lace Cactus", "Lace Cactus", "Merry Widow Cactus" and "Purple Candle Cactus".

description

Echinocereusreichenbachii grows solitary or branched with 12 or more shoots . The spherical to cylindrical shoots tapering towards the tip grow upright, are light to dark green and covered by thorns . They reach heights of up to 40 centimeters with diameters of up to 10 centimeters. The 10 to 19 narrow ribs have low humps. The up to 7 narrow central spines are differently colored and 1 to 20 millimeters long. The 12 to 36 radial spines arranged in a comb shape are 3 to 25 millimeters long.

The funnel-shaped, fragrant, pink to magenta flowers appear near the shoot tips. They have a darker or white throat, are 5 to 12 inches long and can reach a diameter of up to 12 inches. The spherical to egg-shaped, green fruits contain a white pulp and tear open lengthways.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereusreichenbachii is common in the southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico .

The first description as Echinocactusreichenbachii was in 1843 by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers . Friedrich Ferdinand Haage placed the species in the genus Echinocereus in 1883 .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Echinocereusreichenbachii subsp. reichbachii
Echinocereusreichenbachii subsp. armatus (Poselger) NPTaylor
Echinocereusreichenbachii subsp. baileyi (Rose) NPTaylor
Echinocereusreichenbachii subsp. burrensis G.RW Frank et al.
Echinocereusreichenbachii subsp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) NPTaylor
Echinocereusreichenbachii subsp. perbellus (Britton & Rose) 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

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 201.
^ Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers: Repertorium Botanices Systematicae . Volume 2, 1843, p. 320 ( online ).
^ Index Kewensis : an enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885 inclusive ... Volume 1, Faszikel 2, Oxford 1883, p. 813.
^ Edward F. Anderson: The Cactus Family . Timber Press: Portland (Oregon), 2001, p. 246
↑ Echinocereus reichenbachii in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Terry, M. & Heil, K., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 205-206 .
Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape IV . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1984, ISBN 3-437-30383-X , p. 2036-2039 .

Web links

Commons : Echinocereusreichenbachii - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 201.

[2] Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers: Repertorium Botanices Systematicae . Volume 2, 1843, p. 320 ( online ).

[3] Index Kewensis : an enumeration of the genera and species of flowering plants from the time of Linnaeus to the year 1885 inclusive ... Volume 1, Faszikel 2, Oxford 1883, p. 813.

[4] Edward F. Anderson: The Cactus Family . Timber Press: Portland (Oregon), 2001, p. 246

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