Eriosyce villosa

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

Older plant

Eriosyce villosa is a species of plant in the genus Eriosyce from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet villosa means '(Latin villosus or villus) shaggy hair, plenty of shaggy hair'.

description

Eriosyce villosa initially grows with almost spherical to spherical, later elongated shoots and reaches a diameter of 4 to 10 centimeters. The root is a large, bulbous tap root . There are 13 to 15 ribs that are deeply notched. The mostly hair-like, brown to black thorns are usually mixed with a few stiff and needle-like ones. The four to twelve central spines are usually stiff, but sometimes also soft and flexible. They are 2 to 2.8 inches long. The twelve to 20 radial spines are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long.

The carmine-red flowers appear from young areoles and have a diameter of 2 to 2.3 centimeters. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with long wool and glassy white bristles. The elongated, red fruits open with a basal pore.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Eriosyce villosa is common in the south of the Atacama region of Chile . It was first described as Cactus villosus in 1839 by Hippolyte Boissel de Monville . Fred Kattermann placed them in the genus Eriosyce in 1994 .

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. 271 .

Individual evidence

↑ Mélanges. Cactées nouvelles . In: L'Horticulteur universel, journal général des jardiniers et amateurs, présentant l'analyse raisonnée des travaux horticoles français et étrangers . Volume 1, Paris, 1839, p. 223.
^ Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 119.
↑ Eriosyce villosa in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Guerrero, P., Saldivia, P. & Walter, HE, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

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[1] Mélanges. Cactées nouvelles . In: L'Horticulteur universel, journal général des jardiniers et amateurs, présentant l'analyse raisonnée des travaux horticoles français et étrangers . Volume 1, Paris, 1839, p. 223.

[2] Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 119.

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