Echinopsis schieliana

Echinopsis schieliana
	Echinopsis schieliana
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Echinopsis
Type :	Echinopsis schieliana
Scientific name
	Echinopsis schieliana
	( Backeb. ) DRHunt

Echinopsis schieliana is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet schieliana honors the German cactus lover Wolfgang Schiel (1904–1978) from Freiburg.

description

Echinopsis schieliana often sprouts from the base and forms cushions. The spherical to cylindrical, dark green shoots reach heights of up to 4.5 centimeters with a diameter of 3.5 centimeters. There are 13 to 21 ribs . The single light brown central spine , which is often missing in the beginning, is curved downwards and 0.5 to 0.6 centimeters long. The approximately 14 comb-shaped to radiating radial spines are interwoven. They are flexible, white, yellowish, or brown and are 1 to 2 centimeters long.

The short funnel-shaped flowers are bright red, red or sometimes yellow. They are 4 to 5 inches long and have the same diameter. The spherical, juicy fruits reach a diameter of up to 1 centimeter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis schieliana is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Cusco and Puno as well as in the Bolivian department of La Paz at altitudes of 3000 to 3200 meters.

The first description as Lobivia schieliana by Curt Backeberg was published in 1957. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Echinopsis in 1987 .

Further nomenclature synonyms are Lobivia backebergii var. Schieliana (Backeb.) Rausch (1975) and Lobivia backebergii subsp. schieliana (Backeb.) Rausch ex GDRowley (1982). In addition, the following taxa were included as synonymous in the species: Lobivia schieliana var. Albescens Backeb. (1959, nom. Inval. ICBN article 8.4), Lobivia quiabayensis Rausch (1970), Lobivia maximiliana var. Quiabayensis (Rausch) Rausch (1975), Lobivia maximiliana subsp. quiabayensis (noise) noise ex GDRowley (1982) and Lobivia shoot liana var. quiabayensis (noise) to noise (1987).

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. 215.
↑ Curt cheek mountain: Descriptiones Cactearum Novarum . 1957, p. 30.
↑ David Hunt, Nigel Taylor: New and unfamiliar names of Cactaceae to be used in the European Garden Flora . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 92.
↑ Echinopsis schieliana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2014.

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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. 215.

[2] Curt cheek mountain: Descriptiones Cactearum Novarum . 1957, p. 30.

[3] David Hunt, Nigel Taylor: New and unfamiliar names of Cactaceae to be used in the European Garden Flora . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 92.

[4] Echinopsis schieliana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2014.