Ferocactus emoryi

Ferocactus emoryi
	Ferocactus emoryi
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Ferocactus
Type :	Ferocactus emoryi
Scientific name
	Ferocactus emoryi
	( Engelm. ) Orcutt

Ferocactus emoryi is a species of the genus Ferocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). English common names are "Emory's Barrel Kaktus" and "Traveller's Friend".

description

Ferocactus emoryi grows individually with spherical to cylindrical, light green to glaucous green shoots and reaches heights of up to 2.5 meters with diameters of 1 meter. There are 15 to 30, sometimes more, ribs that are clearly tubercular in the youthful stage. The thorns are whitish to reddish in color. The single, very strong central spine is flattened, straight, curved or hooked and becomes 4 to 10 centimeters long. The seven to nine radial spines reach a length of up to 6 centimeters.

The broad, funnel-shaped flowers are mahogany, red, red with yellow or yellow. They reach a length of up to 7.5 centimeters and have a diameter of 5 to 7 centimeters. The obovate to oblong fruits are up to 5 centimeters long and do not tear open with a basal pore.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Ferocactus emoryi is distributed in the United States in the state of Arizona and in the Mexican states of Sonora , Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur .

The first description as Echinocactus emoryi was in 1848 by George Engelmann . Charles Russell Orcutt placed them in the genus Ferocactus in 1926 .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Ferocactus emoryi subsp. emoryi
Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus (Engelm. ex JMCoulter) NPTaylor

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

use

Of the Seri is Ferocactus emoryi used medicinally. Young thorns use them to make face paints.

proof

Ferocactus emoryi

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 291-292 .

Individual evidence

↑ Notes of a Military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, California, Including Part of Arkansas, de Norte, and Gila River . 1848, p. 156.
↑ Cactography . 1926, p. 5.
↑ Ferocactus emoryi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Burquez Montijo, A., 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

Web links

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

[1] Notes of a Military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, California, Including Part of Arkansas, de Norte, and Gila River . 1848, p. 156.

[2] Cactography . 1926, p. 5.

[3] Ferocactus emoryi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Burquez Montijo, A., 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2013.