Echinopsis macrogona

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

Echinopsis macrogona is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet macrogona is derived from the Greek words macros for 'large' and gonia for 'edge' and refers to the ribs of the species.

description

Echinopsis macrogona grows shrubby with several upright branches and reaches heights of 2 to 3 meters. The cylindrical, rigid, blue-green shoots reach a diameter of 5 to 9 centimeters. There are six to nine distinct, rounded ribs with narrow intermediate furrows. The areoles on them are gray and 1.5 to 2 centimeters apart. The needle-like thorns emerging from them are yellowish to brown. The one to three protruding central spines are 3 to 5 centimeters long. The six to nine straight radial spines are spread out and have a length of up to 2 centimeters.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers appear near the shoot tips and are open at night. They are up to 18 inches long.

Distribution and systematics

Echinopsis macrogona is likely to be found in Bolivia .

The first description as Cereus macrogonus by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck was published in 1850. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

Another nomenclature synonym is Trichocereus macrogonus (Salm-Dyck) Riccob. (1909).

Echinopsis macrogona belongs to the further relatives of Echinopsis pachanoi .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 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. 144.
↑ Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck: Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestæ additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum . Henry & Cohen, Bonn 1850, p. 203 ( 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. 144.

[2] Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck: Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestæ additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum . Henry & Cohen, Bonn 1850, p. 203 ( 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.