Echinopsis hammerschmidii

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

Echinopsis hammerschmidii is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet hammerschmidii honors the German Franciscan Lorenz Justinian Hammerschmid (1914–1970).

description

Echinopsis hammerschmidii grows individually or in groups. The spherical to short cylindrical, dark green shoots reach heights of 6 to 10 centimeters with diameters of 7 to 9 centimeters. The apex of the shoot is slightly depressed. There are about 15 sharp-edged, up to 1.5 centimeters high ribs that are notched. The circular, gray areoles on them are up to 1 centimeter apart. From them arise dark gray, needle-like thorns that are thickened at their base. The single, horizontally protruding central spine is 1.5 to 2 centimeters long. The eight to nine slightly unequal radial spines are 0.6 to 1.2 centimeters long.

The narrow, funnel-shaped, long-tubular, white flowers open at night. They are up to 18 centimeters long and have a diameter of 7 centimeters. The spherical to ellipsoidal, dark green fruits tear open.

Distribution and systematics

Echinopsis hammerschmidii is distributed in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz in the lowlands around 600 meters.

The first description by Martín Cárdenas was published in 1956.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 231 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 104.
↑ Martín Cárdenas: New Bolivian Cacti. Part VI . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 28, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1956, pp. 72-73.

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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. 104.

[2] Martín Cárdenas: New Bolivian Cacti. Part VI . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 28, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1956, pp. 72-73.