Escobaria chihuahuensis

Escobaria chihuahuensis
	Escobaria chihuahuensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Escobaria
Type :	Escobaria chihuahuensis
Scientific name
	Escobaria chihuahuensis
	Britton & Rose

Escobaria chihuahuensis is a species of plant in the genus Escobaria from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet chihuahuensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Mexican state of Chihuahua .

description

Escobaria chihuahuensis usually grows individually, but sometimes also with several shoots and has bulbous roots . The cylindrical to spherical shoots reach heights of up to 20 centimeters with diameters of 6 to 7 centimeters. The short warts are furrowed on top. The five to ten central spines have a darker tip and lengths of 1.5 to 10 millimeters. The approximately 20 to 32 white radial spines lie on the shoots and are 4 to 8 millimeters long.

The flowers are light pink to slightly purple in color. They are 1.5 to 2 inches long and can reach a diameter of up to 2 inches. The green or reddish elongated fruits are up to 10 millimeters long and 7 millimeters in diameter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Escobaria chihuahuensis is common in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Durango .

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923. A nomenclature synonym is Escocoryphanta chihuahuensis (Britton & Rose) Doweld (1999).

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Escobaria chihuahuensis subsp. chihuahuensis
Escobaria chihuahuensis subsp. henricksonii (Glass & RAFoster) NPTaylor

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. 272-273 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 46.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 55 ( online ).
↑ Escobaria chihuahuensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Corral-Díaz, R., 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Escobaria chihuahuensis - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Photos of Escobaria chihuahuensis

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 46.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 55 ( online ).

[3] Escobaria chihuahuensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Corral-Díaz, R., 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2013.