Echinopsis chiloensis

Echinopsis chiloensis
	Echinopsis chiloensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Echinopsis
Type :	Echinopsis chiloensis
Scientific name
	Echinopsis chiloensis
	( Colla ) H.Friedrich & GDRowley

Echinopsis chiloensis is a species of plant in the genus Echinopsis from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The epithet of the species refers to the island of Chiloé , which was wrongly believed to be common there. A Spanish common name is "Quisco".

description

Echinopsis chiloensis usually grows tree-shaped, with upright, strong and up to 8 meters long shoots at or near the base, branching like candelabras . The shoots are cylindrical, reach a diameter of 10 to 12 centimeters and have 16 to 17, mostly low and wide, clearly tuberous ribs. The brown tipped, light yellow thorns later turn gray. The straight, protruding central spine is 4 to 7 (rarely up to 20) centimeters long. The laterally radiating 8 to 12 radial spines are 1 to 2 centimeters or longer.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers open during the day. They become up to 14 centimeters long. The spherical, green fruits are edible.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis chiloensis is widespread from the north to the south of central Chile , where it grows in coastal areas as well as in valleys and foothills of the Andes up to altitudes of 1800 meters. The first description as Cactus chiloensis was published in 1826 by Luigi Colla . After several recombinations, they placed Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

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. 224 .

Individual evidence

↑ Hortus Ripulensis seu enumeratio plantarum quae ripulis coluntu / additis stirpium rariorum, vel nondum satis cognitarum, aut forte novarum notis, descriptionibus, et iconibus. Augustae Taruinorum. Appendix 2, pp. 342, 1826.
^ Gordon Douglas Rowley: Reunion of the genus Echinopsis . In: IOS Bulletin. Journal of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study . Volume 3, Number 3, 1974, SS 94.
↑ Echinopsis chiloensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Walter, HE, Faundez, L., Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Hortus Ripulensis seu enumeratio plantarum quae ripulis coluntu / additis stirpium rariorum, vel nondum satis cognitarum, aut forte novarum notis, descriptionibus, et iconibus. Augustae Taruinorum. Appendix 2, pp. 342, 1826.

[2] Gordon Douglas Rowley: Reunion of the genus Echinopsis . In: IOS Bulletin. Journal of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study . Volume 3, Number 3, 1974, SS 94.

[3] Echinopsis chiloensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Walter, HE, Faundez, L., Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2014.