Echinopsis marsoneri
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Echinopsis marsoneri is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet marsoneri honors the Argentine cactus collector Oreste Marsoner.
description
Echinopsis marsoneri usually grows individually and has a short beet root. The spherical, light gray-green shoots reach a diameter of 8 centimeters and the same height. There are approximately 20 compressed ribs arranged in a spiral. The whitish gray to yellowish thorns arising from the areoles are darker at their base. The two to five protruding, often hooked central spines are thickened at their base and up to 7 centimeters long. The eight to twelve radial spines have a length of up to 3 centimeters.
The short funnel-shaped to bell-shaped, yellow, orange or red flowers have a darker throat. They are 5 to 6 centimeters long and have the same diameter. The egg-shaped fruits are semi-dry to sticky.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Echinopsis marsoneri is widespread in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca and the Argentine provinces of Jujuy and Salta at altitudes of 2500 to 4500 meters.
The first description by Erich Werdermann was published in 1932.
Nomenclatory synonyms are Lobivia marsoneri (Werderm.) Backeb. (1936), Lobivia chrysantha var. Marsoneri (Werderm.) Rausch (1976) and Lobivia chrysantha subsp. marsoneri (Werderm.) Rausch ex GDRowley (1982). In addition, numerous other taxa, including Lobivia haageana Backeb. (1933), included as a synonym in the very variable species.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 236 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 148.
- ↑ Erich Werdermann: New succulent plants in the Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem . In: Repertorium novarum specierum regni vegetabilis . Volume 30, 1932, p. 55 ( doi: 10.1002 / fedr.19320300103 ).
- ↑ Echinopsis marsoneri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M. & Ortega-Baes, P., 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2014.