Escobaria emskoetteriana

Escobaria emskoetteriana
	Escobaria emskoetteriana
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Escobaria
Type :	Escobaria emskoetteriana
Scientific name
	Escobaria emskoetteriana
	( Quehl ) Borg

Escobaria emskoetteriana is a species of plant in the genus Escobaria from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet emskoetteriana honors the German gardener Robert Emskotter in Magdeburg . English common names are "Big Nipple Cactus" and "Junior Tom Thumb Cactus".

description

Escobaria emskoetteriana usually sprouts and forms groups up to 10 centimeters high. The spherical to short cylindrical shoots reach heights of growth of 5 to 12 centimeters and diameters of 2 to 2.5 centimeters. Their 6 to 10 millimeter long warts are often not persistent at the base of the shoots. The five to eight straight, yellow central spines have a darker tip and often resemble the radial spines. They have lengths of up to 1.2 centimeters. The 20 to 30 white, straight and irregularly spread radial spines are up to 1 centimeter long.

The flowers are dirty white to lavender to light purple in color. They are 2 to 2.5 inches long and reach the same diameter. The red, spherical to ellipsoidal fruits have a diameter of 6 to 9 millimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Escobaria emskoetteriana is common in the United States in western Texas in the plains of the Rio Grande and the Mexican states of Coahuila , Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas .

The first description as Mammillaria emskoetteriana by Leopold Quehl was published in 1910. John Borg placed the species in the genus Escobaria in 1937 .

Another nomenclature synonym is Coryphantha emskoetteriana (Quehl) A. Berger (1929).

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. 274 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 76.
^ Leopold Quehl: Mammillaria emskoetteriana Quehl. n. sp. In: Monthly for cactus science . Volume 20, Number 9, 1910, 139-140 (online) .
↑ John Borg: Cacti. A gardener's handbook for their identification and cultivation . 1st edition, 1937, p. 304.
↑ Escobaria emskoetteriana in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Heil, K., Terry, M. & Corral-Díaz, R., 2009. 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. 76.

[2] Leopold Quehl: Mammillaria emskoetteriana Quehl. n. sp. In: Monthly for cactus science . Volume 20, Number 9, 1910, 139-140 (online) .

[3] John Borg: Cacti. A gardener's handbook for their identification and cultivation . 1st edition, 1937, p. 304.

[4] Escobaria emskoetteriana in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Heil, K., Terry, M. & Corral-Díaz, R., 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2013.