Ferocactus echidne

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

Ferocactus echidne is a species of the genus Ferocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Ferocactus echidne grows solitary to branched. The flattened to cylindrical, cloudy to gray-green shoots reach heights of growth of up to 35 centimeters (and more) and have a diameter of up to 20 centimeters (and more). There are about 13 sharp-edged ribs that are not humped. The amber-colored, thin thorns are needle-like and smooth. The single protruding central spine is up to 5 centimeters long. The seven to nine radiating radial spines are shorter than the central spine.

The funnel-shaped, yellow or red flowers appear at the apex of the shoots. They reach a length of 2 to 4.5 centimeters and have a diameter of 3 to 3.5 centimeters. The spherical to egg-shaped, light green or white and pink-tinged or red fruits are fleshy. They are up to 2 centimeters long and do not tear open with a basal pore.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Ferocactus echidne is common in the Mexican states of Hidalgo , San Luis Potosí , Querétaro , Nuevo León , Tamaulipas, and Guanajuato .

It was first described as Echinocactus echidne in 1834 by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Ferocactus in 1922 .

A distinction is made between the following varieties :

Ferocactus echidne var. Echidne
Ferocactus echidne var. Rhodanthus G.Unger
Ferocactus echidne var. Victoriensis (Rose) GELinds.

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. 291 .

Individual evidence

↑ Memoire sur quelques espèces de cactées, nouvelles ou peu connues . Treuttel & Würtz, Paris 1834, pp . 19-20 , plate 11 .

^ 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. 136 .

↑ Ferocactus echidne in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Guadalupe Martínez, J., Sánchez, E. & Bárcenas Luna, R., 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

Web links

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

[1] Memoire sur quelques espèces de cactées, nouvelles ou peu connues . Treuttel & Würtz, Paris 1834, pp . 19-20 , plate 11 .

[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. 136 .

[3] Ferocactus echidne in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Guadalupe Martínez, J., Sánchez, E. & Bárcenas Luna, R., 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2013.