Eriosyce sociabilis
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Eriosyce sociabilis is a species of plant in the genus Eriosyce from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet sociabilis means '(lat. Social-habit) with the ability to act socially or to appear in the same region with other taxa'.
description
Eriosyce sociabilis grows with spherical to elongated shoots and reaches a diameter of 3 to 10 centimeters. The root is a short, conical taproot . There are 13 to 16 ribs that are notched and appear to be broken up into cusps. The areoles on it are sunk. The mostly straight thorns are dark brown to black. The six to twelve central spines are 2 to 4 centimeters long, the six to 20 radial spines 0.3 to 2 centimeters long.
The narrow, funnel-shaped, fuchsia-red flowers appear from young areoles and reach a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with wool and white bristles. The elongated fruits open with a basal pore.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Eriosyce sociabilis is common in the Atacama region of Chile . The distribution area extends from the south of the Caldera to the south of Totoral Bajo . It was first described as Neoporteria sociabilis in 1963 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 " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 267 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 223.
- ^ Succulenta . 1963. p. 3.
- ^ Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 119.
- ↑ Eriosyce sociabilis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Guerrero, P., Saldivia, P. & Walter, HE, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.