Echinopsis cuzcoensis

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

Echinopsis cuzcoensis is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet cuzcoensis refers to the occurrence of the species near the Peruvian city of Cusco .

description

Echinopsis cuzcoensis grows tree-shaped with numerous, somewhat spreading branches and reaches heights of growth of 5 to 6 meters. The cylindrical shoots are green. There are seven to eight low and rounded ribs . The areoles on them are 1 to 1.5 centimeters apart. From them arise about twelve very strong, stiff thorns that are swollen at their base. The thorns have a length of up to 7 centimeters.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers are fragrant. They are open day and night. The flowers are 12 to 14 inches long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis cuzcoensis is common in the Peruvian region of Cusco at altitudes of 3100 to 3600 meters.

The first description as Trichocereus cuzcoensis by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1920. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species 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.

use

Tea, which is used medicinally, is made from the flowers.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 226-227 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 59.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 136 ( online ).
^ 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, p. 95.
↑ Echinopsis cuzcoensis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C., Roque, J. & Cáceres, F., 2011. 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. 59.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 136 ( online ).

[3] 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, p. 95.

[4] Echinopsis cuzcoensis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C., Roque, J. & Cáceres, F., 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2014.