Echinocereus triglochidiatus

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

Habitat

blossom

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet triglochidiatus is derived from the Greek words tri- for 'three' as well as glochis , glochidos for 'arrowhead' and refers to the three main spines of the species that are often present. English trivial names are “Black-Spine Claret-Cup Cactus”, “Claret -Cup Cactus "," King's Crown Cactus "," Robust Claret-Cup Hedgehog "," Spineless Hedgehog "," White-Spined Claret-Cup Hedgehog ".

description

Echinocereus triglochidiatus almost always grows abundantly sprouting and often forms cushions that can reach a diameter of over 1 meter and consist of up to 500 shoots . The light green to bluish green, egg-shaped to cylindrical shoots are 5 to 40 centimeters long and have a diameter of 5 to 15 centimeters. There are five to twelve ribs that have a straight edge or are tuberous. The one to four central spines are difficult to distinguish from the radial spines. The up to 22 twisting or flattened, yellow to dark radial spines, which can also be missing, are 1 to 7 centimeters long.

The tubular-funnel-shaped flowers are bright orange-red to dark red and have a white throat. They appear well below the shoot tips and remain open for several days. The flowers are 3 to 9 inches long and 2.5 to 7 inches in diameter. The spherical to obovate fruits are pink or reddish in color. The thorns on them fall off.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is widespread in the southwestern United States and neighboring Mexico .

The first description was in 1848 by George Engelmann .

Nomenclatory synonyms are Cereus triglochidiatus (Engelm.) Engelm. (1849), Echinocereus paucispinus var. Triglochidiatus (Engelm.) K.Schum. (1898, nom. Illeg. ICBN -Article 57) and Echinocereus paucispinus f. triglochidiatus (Engelm.) Schelle (1907, nom. illeg. ICBN -Article 57).

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. 210-211 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 243.
^ Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus : Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 . Washington 1848, p. 104 (online) .
↑ Echinocereus triglochidiatus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Terry, M., Heil, K. & Corral-Díaz, R., 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. 243.

[2] Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus : Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 . Washington 1848, p. 104 (online) .

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