Echinocereus spinigemmatus

Echinocereus spinigemmatus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Echinocereus
Type :	Echinocereus spinigemmatus
Scientific name
	Echinocereus spinigemmatus
	ABLau

Echinocereus spinigemmatus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet spinigemmatus is derived from the Latin words spina for 'sting' or 'thorn' and gemmatus for 'have buds'. It refers to the thorny flower buds of the species.

description

Echinocereus spinigemmatus usually ramifies and forms loose groups consisting of seven to ten shoots . The green cylindrical shoots gradually taper towards their tips. They are up to 30 centimeters long and have a diameter of 4 to 7 centimeters. There are ten to 14 ribs that are slightly humped. The two to four yellowish and protruding central spines are difficult to distinguish from the radial spines. They have lengths of 0.5 to 4 centimeters. The ten to 13 slender and yellowish radial spines are 0.3 to 2.3 inches long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are a little pink lilac to light purple. They appear near the shoot tips, are 4 to 5 inches long and reach a diameter of 5 to 6 inches. The green, egg-shaped fruits are heavily thorny.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus spinigemmatus is common in the Mexican states of Zacatecas and Jalisco .

The first description by Alfred Bernhard Lau was published in 1984.

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. 209 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 225.
^ Alfred Bernhard Lau: First description: Echinocereus spinigemmatus Lau . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 35, Number 11, 1984, pp. 249-250.
↑ Echinocereus spinigemmatus 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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Photos of Echinocereus spinigemmatus

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 225.

[2] Alfred Bernhard Lau: First description: Echinocereus spinigemmatus Lau . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 35, Number 11, 1984, pp. 249-250.

[3] Echinocereus spinigemmatus 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.