Eriosyce confinis

Eriosyce confinis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Eriosyce
Type :	Eriosyce confinis
Scientific name
	Eriosyce confinis
	( F.Ritter ) Katt.

Eriosyce confinis is a species of plant in the genus Eriosyce from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet confinis means '(Latin) adjacent, adjacent'. It indicates the position of the species within the genus.

description

Eriosyce confinis grows individually with initially almost spherical, later elongated, green shoots and reaches a diameter of 6 to 8 centimeters. The root consists of a short tap root and fiber roots. There are 13 to 15 low, blunt ribs that are deeply notched. The slightly bent thorns are grayish brown to grayish black. The four to seven central spines are 2 to 3 centimeters long, the ten to twelve radial spines 1 to 2.5 centimeters long.

The funnel-shaped, somewhat pink to whitish flowers have a red central stripe and a diameter of up to 3 centimeters. Their greyish green pericarpel is covered with small, reddish scales and white wool. The red fruits are fleshy and open with a basal pore.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Eriosyce confinis is widespread in the Chilean region of Atacama in the Copiapó Valley in coastal and deep areas. It was first described as Pyrrhocactus confinis in 1961 by Friedrich Ritter . Fred Kattermann placed them in the genus Eriosyce in 1994 .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 257 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 52.
^ Succulenta . 1961, p. 4.
^ Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 118.
↑ Eriosyce confinis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Walter, HE, Faundez, L., Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 52.

[2] Succulenta . 1961, p. 4.

[3] Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 118.

[4] Eriosyce confinis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Walter, HE, Faundez, L., Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.