Harrisia fernowii

Harrisia fernowii
	Harrisia fernowii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Harrisia
Type :	Harrisia fernowii
Scientific name
	Harrisia fernowii
	Britton

Harrisia fernowii is a species of plant in the genus Harrisia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet fernowii honors the American forester Bernhard E. Fernow (1851–1923).

description

Harrisia fernowii grows with multiple branched, light green shoots up to 2.5 centimeters in diameter and reaches heights of 2.5 to 3 meters. There are nine not very protruding, shallowly notched ribs . The eight to eleven light brown thorns have a darker tip and are up to 6 inches long.

The flowers have a length of up to 20 centimeters. Your flower tube and the pericarpel are covered with pointed, 1 to 2 centimeters long scales and tufts of long, brown hair.

Distribution and systematics

Harrisia fernowii is common in Cuba .

The first description was in 1908 by Nathaniel Lord Britton .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 338-339 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 82.
^ Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Volume 35, Number 12, 1908, pp. 562-563 (online) .

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 82.

[2] Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Volume 35, Number 12, 1908, pp. 562-563 (online) .