Echinopsis calliantholilacina
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Echinopsis calliantholilacina is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet calliantholilacinus is derived from the Greek words kallos for 'beauty' and lilacinus for 'lily-colored'.
description
Echinopsis calliantholilacina usually grows individually. The spherical, gray-green shoots reach heights of 3 to 4 centimeters with a diameter of 6 to 9 centimeters. The apex of the shoot is somewhat depressed. There are ten to twelve ribs , which are divided into ax-shaped cusps. The elliptical areoles on it are gray and are up to 1.5 centimeters apart. The gray thorns emerging from them are tipped brown. The single awl central spine is directed upwards, curved inwards and 1.5 to 2 centimeters long. The seven to nine curved radial spines are somewhat clawed and lie on the shoot surface. They have a length of 0.8 to 1.5 centimeters.
The light magenta to almost white flowers appear on the side of the shoots and open at night. They become up to 15 centimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Echinopsis calliantholilacina is distributed in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca near the capital Sucre at altitudes of 2700 meters.
The first description by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1965.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 221 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 38.
- ↑ Martín Cárdenas: Cactus . Volume 20, number 85, Paris 1965, pp. 110-111.
Web links
- Photos of Echinopsis calliantholilacina