Escobaria cubensis

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

Escobaria cubensis is a species of plant in the genus Escobaria from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet cubensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Cuba .

description

Escobaria cubensis grows individually and remains small. The spherical to depressed spherical shoots reach heights of 1 to 3 centimeters and diameters of 2 to 3 centimeters. Their 6 to 7 millimeter long warts are only grooved on half their length. Central spines are usually absent. The ten to 15 white, finely downy radial spines are radiating. They are 3 to 4 millimeters long.

The flowers are light yellowish green. They are 1.6 inches long and 1.2 to 1.6 inches in diameter. The red fruits are shorter than 10 millimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Escobaria cubensis is common in Cuba in the Holguín province .

The first description as Coryphantha cubensis by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1912. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Escobaria in 1978 .

Other nomenclature synonyms are Neobesseya cubensis (Britton & Rose) Hester (1941) and Neolloydia cubensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb. (1942).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," 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. 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. 57.
^ Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose: Undescribed species of Cuban cacti . In: Torreya . Volume 12, 1912, pp. 15-16 (online) .
↑ David R. Hunt: Amplification of the genus Escobaria . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain . Volume 40, Number 1, 1978, p. 13.
↑ Escobaria cubensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, Barrios, D. & González Torres, LR, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 57.

[2] Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose: Undescribed species of Cuban cacti . In: Torreya . Volume 12, 1912, pp. 15-16 (online) .

[3] David R. Hunt: Amplification of the genus Escobaria . In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain . Volume 40, Number 1, 1978, p. 13.

[4] Escobaria cubensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, Barrios, D. & González Torres, LR, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2013.