Echinopsis subdenudata
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Echinopsis subdenudata is a species of plant in the genus Echinopsis from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The epithet of the species is derived from the Latin words sub for "under" and denudata for "bare" and means "almost bare".
description
The gray-green, individual plant body, slightly depressed at the apex, is spherical and reaches heights of growth of 5 to 8 centimeters with diameters of 7 to 12 centimeters. It has 10 to 12, straight, very sharp ribs on which there are small, cream-colored, elongated-elliptical areoles that are 1.5 centimeters apart. The thorns are grayish brown and often hidden in the areole wool. The upright central spine is up to 2 millimeters long. The 3 to 7 radial spines that are swollen at the base are up to 1.5 millimeters long.
The white to light pink, narrow funnel-shaped flowers that are slightly curved above the ovary are 17 to 20 centimeters long. They appear laterally near the tip of the shoot and open at night. The pale green flower tube is up to 15 centimeters long and reaches a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. The elliptical ovary is 15 millimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters wide. Its purple scales are pointed and have long white and black hair . The stylus , 12 millimeters long, is white like the stamens .
Distribution and systematics
Echinopsis subdenudata is distributed at Angosto de Villamontes in the Entre Ríos municipality in the Tarija department in Bolivia at an altitude of 600 meters. The distribution area possibly extends to Paraguay .
The first description was in 1956 by Martín Cárdenas .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 244 .
- Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape II . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 1283 .
- Walther Haage : cacti from A to Z . 3. Edition. Quelle & Meyer Verlag, Heidelberg 1986, ISBN 3-494-01142-7 , p. 1986 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 38, No. 3, 1956, p. 71
