Harrisia divaricata

Harrisia divaricata
	Harrisia divaricata
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Harrisia
Type :	Harrisia divaricata
Scientific name
	Harrisia divaricata
	( Lam. ) Backeb.

Harrisia divaricata is a species of plant in the genus Harrisia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet divaricata means '(Latin divaricatus) spread'.

description

Harrisia divaricata grows shrubby with upright, richly branched, slender shoots . There are nine blunt ribs . The four brown central spines are 2 to 2.5 inches long. The eight to ten radial spines are white.

The flowers are large and the spherical fruits are yellow.

Distribution and systematics

Harrisia divaricata is common in Hispaniola .

It was first described as Cactus divaricatus in 1783 by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck . Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Harrisia in 1960 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Cereus divaricatus (Lam.) DC. (1828) and Pilocereus divaricatus (Lam.) Lem. (1862)

Harrisia divaricata is not well known.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 338 .

Individual evidence

^ Encyclopédie Méthodique: Botanique . Volume 1, Part 2, Paris 1783, p. 540 (online) .
↑ The Cactaceae . Volume 4, 1960, p. 2101.

Web links

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[1] Encyclopédie Méthodique: Botanique . Volume 1, Part 2, Paris 1783, p. 540 (online) .

[2] The Cactaceae . Volume 4, 1960, p. 2101.