Eriosyce taltalensis
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Eriosyce taltalensis is a species of plant in the genus Eriosyce from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet taltalensis means 'named after the location in the valley north of the Planta Esmeralda in Chile'.
description
Eriosyce taltalensis grows with almost spherical, spherical or elongated shoots and reaches a diameter of 3 to 15 centimeters. The root is a short, conical taproot . There are eight to 13 ribs that are notched and thereby form cusps . The areoles on it have sunk. The irregularly arranged, straight to curved thorns are dark brown to black. The six to twelve central spines are 2 to 4 centimeters long, the six to twelve radial spines are 3 to 20 millimeters long.
The narrow to broadly funnel-shaped flowers are fuchsia red to pink to cream white or light yellow to white and appear from young areoles. They are 3 to 4 inches long and 2 to 3.5 inches in diameter. Your pericarpel and the tube of flowers are wool and often covered with twisted bristles. The elongated fruits open with a basal pore.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Eriosyce taltalensis is widespread in the north of the Atacama region of Chile in coastal areas. It was first described as Neoporteria taltalensis in 1955 by Paul Clifford Hutchison . Fred Kattermann placed them in the genus Eriosyce in 1994 .
The following subspecies and varieties are distinguished:
- Eriosyce taltalensis subsp. echinus (F.Ritter) Katt.
- Eriosyce taltalensis subsp. paucicostata (F.Ritter) Katt.
- Eriosyce taltalensis subsp. pilispina (F.Ritter) Katt.
- Eriosyce taltalensis subsp. taltalensis
- Eriosyce taltalensis var. Floccosa (F.Ritter) Katt.
- Eriosyce taltalensis var. Pygmea (F.Ritter) Katt.
- Eriosyce taltalensis var. Taltalensis
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. 269-270 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cactus and Succulent Journal , Volume 27, Los Angeles 1955, p. 181.
- ^ Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 119.
- ↑ Eriosyce taltalensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Guerrero, P., Faundez, L., Saldivia, P. & Walter, HE, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
