Echinopsis litoralis

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

Echinopsis litoralis is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet litoralis comes from Latin , means 'from the coast' and refers to the occurrence of the species near the coast.

description

Echinopsis litoralis grows shrubby , branches from the base with several bent or upright branches and reaches heights of 1 to 2 meters. The cylindrical, gray-green to dark-green shoots reach a diameter of 10 to 12 centimeters. There are about 20 rather distinct and not very broad ribs that are somewhat humped. The crooked areoles on them are yellowish white and are up to 1 centimeter apart. The thorns emerging from them are initially yellowish and later turn gray. The two to six somewhat unequal, fairly thick central spines are 1.6 to 2.4 inches long. The 15 to 29 thin, awl radial spines are radiating.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers appear laterally near the shoot tips and are also open during the day. They are 12 to 14 centimeters long and have a diameter of up to 10 centimeters. The brownish green fruits reach a diameter of 3 to 4 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Echinopsis litoralis is common in the Chilean regions of Coquimbo and Valparaíso in the immediate vicinity of the coast.

The first description as Cereus litoralis by Friedrich Richard Adelbert Johow was published in 1923. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

Further nomenclature synonyms are Trichocereus litoralis (Johow) Looser (1929) and Echinopsis chiloensis subsp. litoralis (Johow) Lowry (2003).

Echinopsis litoralis is closely related to Echinopsis chiloensis .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 234-235 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 138.
↑ Frederico Johow: Las Cactaceae de los alrededores de Zapallar . In: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural . Volume 25, 1923, pp. 157ff. ( online ).
^ 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.

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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. 138.

[2] Frederico Johow: Las Cactaceae de los alrededores de Zapallar . In: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural . Volume 25, 1923, pp. 157ff. ( online ).

[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.