Epiphyllum hookeri

Epiphyllum hookeri
	Epiphyllum hookeri; flower
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Epiphyllum
Type :	Epiphyllum hookeri
Scientific name
	Epiphyllum hookeri
	Haw.

Epiphyllum hookeri is a species of plant in the genus Epiphyllum from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The epithet of the species honors the botanist William Jackson Hooker .

description

Epiphyllum hookeri has a bushy growth with stiff, arched to drooping shoots . The shoots are strongly triangular at the base, flattened above, up to 75 centimeters (and more) long and 9 to 10 centimeters wide. The areoles are up to 5 centimeters apart.

The salver-shaped white flowers are 17 to 23 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 3 to 3.5 centimeters. Your flower tube is straight or strongly curved. The ellipsoidal to egg-shaped, more or less purple-red, smooth fruits are 4 to 7 centimeters long with a diameter of up to 3.5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Epiphyllum hookeri is common in southern Mexico , Guatemala , Belize , Honduras , Venezuela , Trinidad and Tobago and Guiana at altitudes of up to 2300 meters. The first description was published in 1829 by Adrian Hardy Haworth .

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. 251 .

Individual evidence

^ Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science . Volume 6, London 1829, p. 108.
↑ Epiphyllum hookeri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S., Durán, R., Hammel, B., Tapia, JL, Hernández, HM, Véliz, M. & Loaiza, C., 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Philosophical Magazine, or Annals of Chemistry, Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural History and General Science . Volume 6, London 1829, p. 108.

[2] Epiphyllum hookeri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S., Durán, R., Hammel, B., Tapia, JL, Hernández, HM, Véliz, M. & Loaiza, C., 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2014.