Ferocactus chrysacanthus

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

Ferocactus chrysacanthus is a species of the genus Ferocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet chrysacanthus means 'golden yellow prickly'.

description

Ferocactus chrysacanthus grows individually and rarely sprouts. The drives achieve with diameters of 30 centimeters stature heights of up to 100 centimeters. There are about 21 humped ribs . The thorns are white, yellow or red, occasionally gray. The approximately 10 central spines are flattened, ringed, slightly twisted and up to 5 centimeters long. A central spine is sometimes curved to hook-shaped. The radial spines radiating from 4 to 12 or more are usually white. Usually they are needle-like and only rarely bristle-like.

The bell-shaped flowers are red or yellow or orange. They reach a length of up to 4.5 centimeters and have a diameter of 4 centimeters. The up to 3 centimeters long, yellow fruits are fleshy and open with a basal pore.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

The distribution area of Ferocactus chrysacanthus extends along the Pacific west coast in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and includes the offshore islands Cedros and San Benito .

It was first described as Echinocactus chrysacanthus in 1899 by Charles Russell Orcutt . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Ferocactus in 1922 .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Ferocactus chrysacanthus subsp. chrysacanthus
Ferocactus chrysacanthus subsp. grandiflorus (GELinds.) NPTaylor

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. 290 .

Individual evidence

^ Review of the Cactaceae . Volume 1, 1899, p. 56.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 127 .
↑ Ferocactus chrysacanthus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: León de la Luz, JL, Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Hernández, HM, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Ferocactus chrysacanthus - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Review of the Cactaceae . Volume 1, 1899, p. 56.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 127 .

[3] Ferocactus chrysacanthus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: León de la Luz, JL, Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Hernández, HM, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2013.