Echinocereus schereri

Echinocereus schereri
	Echinocereus schereri
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus schereri
Scientific name
	Echinocereus schereri
	G. Frank

Echinocereus schereri is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet schereri honors the German cactus collector Egon Scherer.

description

Echinocereus schereri usually grows individually. The gray-green cylindrical shoots are up to 22 centimeters long and have a diameter of 10 centimeters. There are twelve to eighteen humped ribs . Central spines are not developed. The 21 to 24 comb-like arranged, slightly pink to brownish radial spines are darker pointed and 0.6 to 1.2 centimeters long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are reddish purple in color. They appear near the shoot tips, are 8 to 9 centimeters long and reach 8 to 11 centimeters in diameter. The spherical to egg-shaped, initially green fruits turn brown later.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus schereri is common in the Mexican state of Durango .

The first description by Gerhard RW Frank was published in 1990.

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 208 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 214.
^ Gerhard RW Frank: Echinocereus schereri GRW Frank . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 41, Number 8, 1990, pp. 154-159.
↑ Echinocereus schereri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM & Sotomayor, M., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Echinocereus schereri - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 214.

[2] Gerhard RW Frank: Echinocereus schereri GRW Frank . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 41, Number 8, 1990, pp. 154-159.

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