Hatiora salicornioides

Hatiora salicornioides
	Hatiora salicornioides
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Hatiora
Type :	Hatiora salicornioides
Scientific name
	Hatiora salicornioides
	( Haw. ) Britton & Rose

Hatiora salicornioides is a species of plant in the genus Hatiora from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet salicornioides comes from the Greek word -oides for 'resemble' and the name of the genus Salicornia .

description

Hatiora salicornioides grows richly branched with upright to overhanging or drooping shoots that lignify with age. It reaches heights of up to 1 meter. The deep green shoot segments are 1.5 to 5 centimeters long and have a diameter of about 7 millimeters. They are club-shaped, often have a distinct stem-like base, are sometimes inverted bottle-shaped and are arranged in whorls of 2 to 6. The very small areoles are covered with short, fine bristles.

The golden yellow to orange flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long and have the same diameter. The top-shaped, white fruits are translucent.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Hatiora salicornioides is distributed in the Brazilian states of Bahia , Minas Gerais , Espírito Santo , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo and Paraná at altitudes of 200 to 1750 meters. It was first described as Rhipsalis salicornoides in 1819 by Adrian Hardy Haworth . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Hatiora in 1915 .

Hatiora salicornioides is very variable.

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

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literature

blossom

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 343 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 211.

↑ Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas Sive Omissas In: Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicanis . J. Harding, London 1819, p. 83, online .

^ The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture . Volume 3, 1915, p. 1433.

↑ Hatiora salicornioides in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Hatiora salicornioides - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 211.

[2] Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas Sive Omissas In: Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicanis . J. Harding, London 1819, p. 83, online .

[3] The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture . Volume 3, 1915, p. 1433.