Ferocactus peninsulae

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

Ferocactus peninsulae is a species of the genus Ferocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet peninsulae means 'from the peninsula' and refers to the range of the species.

description

Ferocactus peninsulae grows individually with ovoid to club-shaped shoots tapering towards the tip and usually reaches a height of up to 70 centimeters with a diameter of 40 centimeters. Rarely, heights of growth of up to 2.5 meters are reached. There are 12 to 20 conspicuous, deep ribs . The thorns are greyish red and have a yellowish tip or are whitish in color. The four cross, straight central spines are banded and 4 to 15 centimeters long. The lowest central spine is flattened and curved like a hook. The 6 to 13 different, slender radial spines are occasionally twisted and bristle-like.

The funnel-shaped flowers are red to yellow and have an orange to red central stripe. They reach a length of 5 to 6 centimeters. The up to 4.5 centimeters long yellow fruits are spherical.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Ferocactus peninsulae is common in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur .

It was first described as Echinocactus peninsulae in 1896 by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Ferocactus in 1922 .

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. 296 .

Individual evidence

↑ Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle . Volume 1, Paris 1896, p. 320, online .
^ 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. 133 .
↑ Ferocactus peninsulae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: León de la Luz, JL, Hernández, HM & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., 2012. Accessed December 20, 2013.

Web links

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

[1] Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle . Volume 1, Paris 1896, p. 320, online .

[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. 133 .

[3] Ferocactus peninsulae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: León de la Luz, JL, Hernández, HM & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., 2012. Accessed December 20, 2013.