Harrisia earlei
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Harrisia earlei is a species of plant in the genus Harrisia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet earlei honors the American botanist Franklin Sumner Earle (1856–1929).
description
Harrisia earlei grows prostrate , shrubby to pendulous. The dark green shoots are 2 to 6 centimeters in diameter and 2 to 3 meters long. There are five to seven ribs that are angular on young shoots and almost cylindrical on old shoots. The five to eight needle-like, ascending, initially black thorns turn gray later and are 4 to 5 centimeters long.
The flowers reach a length of up to 20 centimeters. The yellow, depressed spherical fruits are initially humped and later smooth. They have a diameter of 6 to 7 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Harrisia earlei is common in Cuba in the province of Pinar del Río on steep limestone cliffs in deciduous shrubbery.
The first description was in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose .
Harrisia earlei 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
- ^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 154 ( online ).