Eulychnia iquiquensis

Eulychnia iquiquensis
	Eulychnia iquiquensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Eulychnia
Type :	Eulychnia iquiquensis
Scientific name
	Eulychnia iquiquensis
	( K.Schum. ) Britton & Rose

Eulychnia iquiquensis is a species of plant in the genus Eulychnia from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Eulychnia iquiquensis grows shrubby, branches near the base and reaches heights of 2 to 7 meters. A short trunk is formed. The upright, strong shoots are occasionally also branched higher up. There are 12 to 15 ribs that are slightly humped. The areoles on it are covered with short white wool. The variable 10 to 20 spines arising from them cannot be divided into central and radial spines. They are protruding and 2 to 12 inches long.

The white flowers appear near the shoot tips and are 5.5 to 6.5 inches long. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are thickly wooled white. The spherical fruits are densely covered with white wool and reach a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

The distribution area of Eulychnia iquiquensis extends in the north of Chile from the Tarapacá region to the Atacama region , where it grows along the Cordilleras at altitudes of about 1000 meters. It was first described as Cereus iquiquensis in 1904 by Karl Moritz Schumann . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Eulychnia in 1920 .

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. 286-287 .

Individual evidence

↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 14, 1904, p. 99.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 83 .
↑ Eulychnia iquiquensis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Cáceres, F., Saldivia, P., Guerrero, P., Walter, HE & Faundez, L., 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Eulychnia iquiquensis - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Monthly for cactus science . Volume 14, 1904, p. 99.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 83 .

[3] Eulychnia iquiquensis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Cáceres, F., Saldivia, P., Guerrero, P., Walter, HE & Faundez, L., 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.