Echinopsis deserticola

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

Echinopsis deserticola is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet deserticola is derived from the Latin words desertus for 'desert' and -cola for 'inhabiting' and refers to the occurrence in very dry areas.

description

Echinopsis deserticola grows shrubby , branching from the base with more or less upright branches and reaches heights of 1 to 1.5 meters. The shoots are cylindrical. There are eight to twelve deeply notched ribs that are conspicuously grooved transversely above the areoles. The areoles located on them are covered with dark wool - sometimes orange in the new shoots - and are up to 1.5 centimeters apart. The one to three central spines are sometimes curved and up to 12 inches long. The 15 to 25 unequal, thin, awl-shaped radial spines are darker and gray with age. They have a length of 1 to 1.5 centimeters.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers are 7 to 8 inches long. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with dark wool. The spherical, green fruits are tasty.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis deserticola is common in the Chilean regions of Antofagasta and Atacama on the hills of the Cordillera de la Costa up to altitudes of 1000 meters.

The first description as Cereus deserticola by Erich Werdermann was published in 1929. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

Another nomenclature synonym is Trichocereus deserticola (Werderm.) Looser (1936). In addition, the following taxa were included as synonymous in the species: Trichocereus fulvilanus F.Ritter (1962), Echinopsis fulvilana (F.Ritter) H.Friedrich & GDRowley (1974) and Echinopsis deserticola var. Fulvilana (F.Ritter) AEHoffm. (1989).

Echinopsis deserticola is related to Echinopsis chiloensis and Echinopsis coquimbana .

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. 227-228 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 65.
^ Erich Werdermann: Contributions to the knowledge of the flora of Chile V. Mixed diagnoses . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem . Volume 10, 1929, p. 764.
^ 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 deserticola in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Walter, HE, Faundez, L., Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved March 1, 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. 65.

[2] Erich Werdermann: Contributions to the knowledge of the flora of Chile V. Mixed diagnoses . In: Notes of the Botanical Garden and Museum in Berlin-Dahlem . Volume 10, 1929, p. 764.

[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 deserticola in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Walter, HE, Faundez, L., Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2014.