Echinopsis schreiteri
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Echinopsis schreiteri is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet schreiteri honors the Argentine botanist R. Schreiter.
description
Echinopsis schreiteri forms dense groups or flat pads that consist of numerous shoots and reach a diameter of up to 30 centimeters. The spherical to elongated shoots reach a diameter of 1.5 to 3 centimeters. They have a large tap root . There are nine to 14 ribs . The areoles on them are not particularly close together. Central spines are usually not developed. Occasionally a single one, up to 2 inches long, is present. The six to eight whitish, fine radial spines are curved and have a length of 0.5 to 1 centimeter.
The funnel-shaped, more or less purple flowers have a darker throat. They are up to 3 centimeters long and reach the same diameter.
Distribution and systematics
Echinopsis schreiteri is distributed in the Argentine provinces of Tucumán and Catamarca at altitudes of 2500 to 3500 meters.
The first description as Lobivia schreiteri by Alberto Castellanos was published in 1930. Erich Werdermann placed the species in the genus Echinopsis in 1931 .
Other nomenclature synonyms are Lobivia saltensis var. Schreiteri (A.Cast.) Rausch (1976) and Echinopsis saltensis subsp. schreiteri (A. Cast.) M. Lowry (2003). In addition, the following taxa were synonymous with the species: Lobivia stilowiana Backeb. (1949), Lobivia saltensis var. Stilowiana (Backeb.) Rausch (1976), Lobivia schreiteri var. Stilowiana (Backeb.) Rausch (1987), Echinopsis stilowiana (Backeb.) JGLambert (1998) and Lobivia schreiteri var. Riolarensis Rausch ( 1987).
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 243 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 216.
- ↑ Monthly of the German Cactus Society . Volume 2, 1930, p. 59.
- ^ In: Curt Backeberg: New cacti. Hunts, species, culture . Trowitzsch & Sohn, Berlin 1931, p. 85.
Web links
- Photo of Echinopsis schreiteri