Echinopsis tegeleriana

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

Echinopsis tegeleriana is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet tegeleriana honors the Hamburg city councilor Wilhelm Tegeler.

description

Echinopsis tegeleriana grows individually or sometimes forms small groups. The spherical, green shoots reach a diameter of up to 9 centimeters. They form a large taproot . There are about 16 clearly obliquely offset ribs , which are divided into ax-shaped cusps. The areoles on them are elongated and up to 1.7 centimeters apart. From them arise ten to twelve horn-colored, slightly curved thorns , which have a darker tip and a length of 1 to 2 centimeters. The longest spike is occasionally hooked.

The red to orange or yellow flowers have a more or less pink-orange throat and appear on the side of the shoots. They are up to 4 inches long. In relation to the bracts , the tube is short. The spherical, green fruits are thin-skinned and juicy. They are usually thorny with increasing maturity and reach a diameter of up to 2.5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinopsis tegeleriana is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Lima , Junín , Huancavelica and Ayacucho at altitudes above 3000 meters.

The first description as Lobivia tegeleriana by Curt Backeberg was published in 1936. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Echinopsis in 1987 .

Further nomenclature synonyms are Lobivia tegeleriana Backeb. (1936) and Acantholobivia tegeleriana (Backeb.) Backeb. (1942).

In addition, the following taxa were included in the species as a synonym: Lobivia oyonica Akers (no year, nom. Inval. ICBN -Article 29.1), Lobivia tegeleriana var. Plominiana Backeb. (1937, nom. Inval. ICBN article 36.1), Lobivia incuiensis Rauh & Backeb. (1957), Acantholobivia incuiensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Rauh & Backeb. (1958), Lobivia tegeleriana var. Incuiensis (Rauh & Noise (1973), Lobivia tegeleriana var. Akersii (noise) Noise (1975) and Lobivia tegeleriana var. Puquiensis F.Ritter (1981).

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. 246 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 236.
^ Curt Backeberg: Yearbook of the German Cactus Society . Volume 1, 1936, p. 82.
↑ 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 tegeleriana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C., Cáceres, F. & Roque, J., 2011. 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. 236.

[2] Curt Backeberg: Yearbook of the German Cactus Society . Volume 1, 1936, p. 82.

[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 tegeleriana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C., Cáceres, F. & Roque, J., 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2014.