Echinopsis ibicuatensis

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

Echinopsis ibicuatensis is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet ibicuatensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Ibicuati in the Bolivian province of Cordillera .

description

Echinopsis ibicuatensis grows individually. The flattened spherical to spherical, light green shoots reach heights of 6 to 9 centimeters with diameters of 8 to 14 centimeters. The apex of the shoot is sunk. There are up to 13 sharp-edged ribs that are up to 2.5 centimeters high. The circular, conspicuous gray areoles on them are up to 1 centimeter apart. Light gray, needle-like thorns spring from them . The mostly single central spine, occasionally up to three, is straight, protruding and up to 1.2 inches long. The approximately ten spread radial spines are slightly curved and have a length of up to 1 centimeter.

The narrow, funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night. They are up to 18 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 5 centimeters. The ellipsoidal to elongated, somewhat humped fruits are initially green and later turn yellow. They tear open and reach a length of up to 3 centimeters and a diameter of 1.5 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Echinopsis ibicuatensis is distributed in the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz in the province of Cordillera in the lowlands at 800 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. 232-233 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 115.
↑ Martín Cárdenas: New Bolivian Cacti. Part IV . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 28, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1956, pp. 74-75.

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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. 115.

[2] Martín Cárdenas: New Bolivian Cacti. Part IV . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 28, Number 3, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1956, pp. 74-75.