Echinopsis chrysantha

Echinopsis chrysantha
	Echinopsis chrysantha
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Echinopsis
Type :	Echinopsis chrysantha
Scientific name
	Echinopsis chrysantha
	Werderm.

Echinopsis chrysantha is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet chrysantha comes from the Greek and means 'with (gold) yellow flowers'.

description

Echinopsis chrysantha grows individually. The depressed spherical to short cylindrical, cloudy gray-green shoots have a diameter of 6 to 7 centimeters and heights of 4 to 6 centimeters. The shoots form an enlarged, carrot-like taproot . There are eight to twelve (rarely up to 26) straight or slightly crooked ribs that are slightly tubercular. The areoles on it are about 1.5 centimeters apart. From them arise reddish-brown thorns that turn gray with age. Central spines are not developed. The five to seven (rarely from three) laterally radiating radial spines have a length of up to 2 centimeters.

The broad, funnel-shaped flowers appear on the side of the shoots and open during the day. They are yellow to orange and have a dark reddish purple throat. The flowers are up to 2 inches long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis chrysantha is distributed in the Argentine province of Salta in the Quebrada del Toro at altitudes of 2000 to 3000 meters.

The first description by Erich Werdermann was published in 1931.

Nomenclatory synonyms are Lobivia chrysantha (Werderm.) Backeb. (1935) and Hymenorebutia chrysantha (Werderm.) F. Ritter (1980). In addition, numerous other taxa were included as synonymous in the variable species.

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 224-225 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 47.
↑ Erich Werdermann: New cacti in the Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem Volume 11, Number 104, 1931, pp. 264–265.
↑ Echinopsis chrysantha in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., Ortega-Baes, P., Kiesling, R., Perea, M., Trevisson, M. & Demaio, P., 2010. Retrieved February 28, 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. 47.

[2] Erich Werdermann: New cacti in the Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem Volume 11, Number 104, 1931, pp. 264–265.

[3] Echinopsis chrysantha in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., Ortega-Baes, P., Kiesling, R., Perea, M., Trevisson, M. & Demaio, P., 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2014.