Escobaria zilziana

Escobaria zilziana
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Escobaria
Type :	Escobaria zilziana
Scientific name
	Escobaria zilziana
	( Boed. ) Backeb.

Escobaria zilziana is a species of plant in the genus Escobaria from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet zilziana honors the Austrian doctor and cactus collector Juljan Zilz .

description

Escobaria zilziana usually grows singly, but sometimes sprouts from the base. The cylindrical shoots reach heights of 6 to 10 centimeters and a diameter of 3 centimeters. Your warts are up to 10 millimeters long. Central spines are usually absent. Occasionally one or more resembling the radial spines are present. The 16 to 22 straight radial spines lie on the surface of the shoot. They are up to 1.5 inches long.

The light yellow, olive green or whitish flowers have pink central stripes. They are 3 inches long and reach a diameter of 2.5 inches. The red, club-shaped fruits are 2 centimeters long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Escobaria zilziana is common in the Mexican state of Coahuila .

The first description as Coryphantha zilziana by Friedrich Bödeker was published in 1930. Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Escobaria in 1961 .

Another nomenclature synonym is Neobesseya zilziana (Boed.) Boed. (1933)

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is labeled “ Data Deficient (DD) ”, i. H. with insufficient data.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 278-279 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 265.

↑ Monthly of the German Cactus Society . Volume 2, Number 11, 1930, pp. 233-234.

^ Curt Backeberg: Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . Volume V, 1st edition, Jena 1961, p. 2957.

↑ Escobaria zilziana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Goettsch, BK, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.

Web links

Photos from Escobaria zilziana

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 265.

[2] Monthly of the German Cactus Society . Volume 2, Number 11, 1930, pp. 233-234.

[3] Curt Backeberg: Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . Volume V, 1st edition, Jena 1961, p. 2957.