Echinopsis lageniformis

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

Echinopsis lageniformis is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet lageniformis is derived from the Latin words lagena for 'bottle' and formis for 'shaped' and refers to the shape of the shoots.

description

Echinopsis lageniformis grows tree-shaped, is somewhat branching and reaches heights of growth of up to 5 meters. The cylindrical, light green, slightly glauken shoots have a diameter of 10 to 15 centimeters. There are four to eight blunt ribs that are broadly furrowed. The areoles on them are large and are up to 2 centimeters apart. The two to six yellowish thorns arising from them are unequal. They are acicular to sub-like, not swollen at their base and up to 10 centimeters long.

The long funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night. They are up to 18 inches long. The spherical fruits are hairy and have a length of 5 to 6 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis lageniformis is distributed in the Bolivian departments of La Paz , Cochabamba and Chuquisaca as well as possibly in neighboring Peru at altitudes of 1000 to 3300 meters.

The first description as Cereus lagenaeformis by Carl Friedrich Förster was published in 1861. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

The following taxa were as synonymous included in the Type: Cereus bridgesii Salm-Dyck (1850), Trichocereus bridgesii (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose (1920), Trichocereus crassicostatus F.Ritter (1966) and Trichocereus riomizquensis F.Ritter (1980) .

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. 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. 131.
^ Carl Friedrich Förster: Hamburg garden and flower newspaper . Volume 17, 1861, p. 164.
^ 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. 96.
↑ Echinopsis lageniformis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

Web links

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Photos of Echinopsis lageniformis in flower

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 131.

[2] Carl Friedrich Förster: Hamburg garden and flower newspaper . Volume 17, 1861, p. 164.

[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. 96.

[4] Echinopsis lageniformis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2014.