Echinopsis escayachensis

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

Echinopsis escayachensis is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet escayachensis refers to the occurrence of the species at Escayache in the Bolivian province of Eustaquio Méndez .

description

Echinopsis escayachensis grows tree-shaped, branches out from the base and reaches heights of 3 to 4 meters. The cylindrical shoots are more or less upright and have a diameter of 30 to 40 centimeters. There are 14 to 16 ribs that are up to 2 centimeters high. The gray areoles on them are 1.5 to 2 centimeters apart. The awkward thorns that spring from them are gray. The single central spine is 4 to 6 inches long. The nine to twelve radial spines have a length of 2 to 4 centimeters.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers are 15 to 17 centimeters long. The spherical, dark green fruits reach a diameter of up to 5 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Echinopsis escayachensis is widespread in the Bolivian Department of Tarija in the province of Eustaquio Méndez .

The first description as Trichocereus escayachensis by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1963. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

Another nomenclature synonym is Helianthocereus escayachensis (Cárdenas) Backeb. (1966).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 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. 78.
↑ Martín Cárdenas: New Bolivian Cacti. Part VIII (a) . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 35, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1963, p. 157.
^ 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.

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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. 78.

[2] Martín Cárdenas: New Bolivian Cacti. Part VIII (a) . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 35, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1963, p. 157.

[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.