Echinopsis strigosa

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

Echinopsis strigosa is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet strigosa comes from Latin , means 'bristle-haired' and refers to the thorns of the shoots.

description

Echinopsis strigosa grows shrubby , branching from the base and forms dense groups of up to 1 meter in diameter. The cylindrical, upright or ascending shoots have a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters and are up to 60 centimeters long. There are 15 to 18 very low and blunt ribs . The large, circular areoles located on them are initially white and are up to 0.8 centimeters apart. The numerous, finely needle-like, whitish to yellowish to reddish brown thorns emerging from them are occasionally pointed darker. The approximately four central spines are up to 7 inches long. The nine to 16 radial spines are slightly shorter.

The funnel-shaped, white flowers open at dusk and stay open for most of the following day. They are up to 20 centimeters long and have a diameter of 15 centimeters. The spherical, yellow to orange-colored fruits are fleshy and 4 to 6.5 centimeters long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis strigosa is widespread in the Argentine provinces of Salta , Tucumán , Catamarca , La Rioja , San Juan and Mendoza in the Monte vegetation of the lower elevations from 700 to 2000 meters.

The first description as Cereus strigosus by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck was published in 1834. Heimo Friedrich and Gordon Douglas Rowley placed the species in 1974 in the genus Echinopsis .

Further nomenclature synonyms are Echinocereus strigosus (Salm-Dyck) Lem. (1868) and Trichocereus strigosus (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose (1920). Trichocereus strigosus var. Flaviflorus F. Ritter (1980) was included in the species as a synonym .

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. 244 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 230.
^ Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck: Hortus Dyckensis ou Catalog des plantes cultivées dan les jardins de Dyck . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1834, pp. 334-335 ( 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. 98.
↑ Echinopsis strigosa in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ortega-Baes, P. & Méndez, E., 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. 230.

[2] Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck: Hortus Dyckensis ou Catalog des plantes cultivées dan les jardins de Dyck . Arnz & Comp., Düsseldorf 1834, pp. 334-335 ( 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. 98.

[4] Echinopsis strigosa in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ortega-Baes, P. & Méndez, E., 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2014.