Echinopsis × imperialis

Echinopsis × imperialis
	Echinopsis × imperialis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Echinopsis
Type :	Echinopsis × imperialis
Scientific name
	Echinopsis × imperialis
	Hoard. Bumblebee ex Poind.

Echinopsis × imperialis is a hybrid of the species Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). It is a garden hybrid which is believed to be the result of a cross between Echinopsis eyriesii and a columnar species of the genus. The epithet imperialis comes from Latin and means 'imperial'.

description

Echinopsis × imperialis grows columnar and is not branched. The matt dark green shoots have a diameter of 9 to 12 centimeters and a height of 60 to 80 centimeters. There are about 16 vertical ribs that are deeply winged and slightly notched. Five to eight gray to gray-brown or horn-brown thorns arise from the areoles . The thorns are 1 to 1.5 inches long. Occasionally one of them is sturdier and up to 3 centimeters in length.

The whitish pink flowers appear on the upper parts of the shoots. They reach a length of about 11 centimeters and have a diameter of 5 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Echinopsis × imperialis is only known in culture.

The first description by Robert W. Poindexter was published in 1935.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 233 .

Individual evidence

^ Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape II . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 1283-1284 .
↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 115.
↑ Robert W. Poindexter: New Garden Species - Echinopsis imperialis . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal Volume 7, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1935, p. 82.

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[1] Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape II . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 1283-1284 .

[2] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 115.

[3] Robert W. Poindexter: New Garden Species - Echinopsis imperialis . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal Volume 7, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1935, p. 82.