Escobaria sandbergii

Escobaria sandbergii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Escobaria
Type :	Escobaria sandbergii
Scientific name
	Escobaria sandbergii
	Castetter , P.Pierce & KHSchwer.

Escobaria sandbergii is a species of plant in the genus Escobaria from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet sandbergii honors the American George Sandberg, an employee of the White Sands Missile Range , who discovered the species.

description

Escobaria sandbergii occasionally grows individually, but mostly in groups with up to 20 or more shoots . The cylindrical shoots reach heights of 5 to 12 centimeters with diameters of 4 to 7 centimeters. They are densely thorn. Their conical warts are 5 to 12 millimeters long and (almost) furrowed along their entire length. The six to 20 white central spines have a darker tip and lengths of up to 3 centimeters. The 23 to 55 slender, white radial spines are bristle-like and 0.5 to 1.1 centimeters long.

The light to medium pink flowers are 0.3 to 1.5 centimeters long and 1.7 to 2.5 centimeters in diameter. The green to yellowish green fruits are 0.8 to 2 centimeters long.

Systematics and distribution

Escobaria sandbergii is distributed in the United States of America in the San Andres Mountains in the state of New Mexico at altitudes of 1,800 to 2,300 meters.

The first description by Edward Franklin Castetter , Prince Pierce and Karl Henry Schwerin was published in 1975. A nomenclature synonym is Escobaria sneedii subsp. sandbergii (Castetter, P. Pierce & KHSchwer.) Lüthy (1999).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 276 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 212.
^ Edward F. Castetter, Prince Pierce, Karl H. Schwerin: A Reassessment of Genus Escobaria . Cactus and Succulent Journal , Volume 47, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1975, pp. 60-70.

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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. 212.

[2] Edward F. Castetter, Prince Pierce, Karl H. Schwerin: A Reassessment of Genus Escobaria . Cactus and Succulent Journal , Volume 47, Number 2, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1975, pp. 60-70.