Echinopsis schickendantzii

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

Echinopsis schickendantzii is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet schickendantzii honors the German chemist Friedrich Schickendantz (1837–1896), who immigrated to Argentina in 1861.

description

Echinopsis schickendantzii grows shrubby or occasionally singly, but usually branches out from the base and forms clumps. The cylindrical to elongated, shiny light green shoots are 15 to 25 centimeters long and have a diameter of up to 6 centimeters. There are 14 to 18 low and somewhat sharp-edged ribs that are notched. The areoles on it are very close together and occasionally even touch. The yellowish thorns emerging from the areoles are bendable and up to 1 centimeter long. Four central spines are formed. Occasionally there are more with age. There are nine radial spines.

The tubular to funnel-shaped, white, unscented flowers appear near the apex of the shoot and open at night. They are eight to eight inches long. The flower tube is densely hairy black. The spherical, dark green fruits are sweet and tear open. They have a length of up to 6 centimeters and a diameter of 5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis schickendantzii is widespread in the Argentine provinces of Salta and Tucumán in middle altitudes of 1600 to 3200 meters.

The first description by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber was published in 1896.

Further nomenclature synonyms are Cereus schickendantzii (FACWeber) FACWeber ex Rol.-Goss. (1904, nom. Inval. ICBN article 34.1 c) and Trichocereus schickendantzii (FACWeber) Britton & Rose (1920). The following taxa are synonymous with the species: Trichoccreus manguinii Backeb. (1953), Echinopsis manguinii (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & GDRowley (1974) and Trichoccreus volcanensis 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. 242 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 214.
↑ in: Désiré Bois: Dictionnaire d'Horticulture . Volume 1, 1896, p. 473.
↑ Echinopsis schickendantzii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Lowry, M., Ortega-Baes, P., Perea, M. & Trevisson, M., 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

Web links

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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. 214.

[2] : Désiré Bois: Dictionnaire d'Horticulture . Volume 1, 1896, p. 473.

[3] Echinopsis schickendantzii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Lowry, M., Ortega-Baes, P., Perea, M. & Trevisson, M., 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2014.