Harrisia nashii
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Harrisia nashii is a species of plant in the genus Harrisia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet nashii honors the American botanist George Valentine Nash (1864–1921).
description
Harrisia nashii grows shrubby with widely spreading branches and reaches heights of 2 to 3 meters. The upright, light green shoots are 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter. There are nine to eleven rounded ribs . The three to six gray thorns are up to 1.5 inches long.
The flowers are 16 to 20 centimeters long. The ellipsoid fruits are strongly tuberous. They reach a diameter of 4 to 5 centimeters and lengths of 6 to 8 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Harrisia nashii is common in Haiti and the Dominican Republic .
The first description was in 1908 by Nathaniel Lord Britton . A nomenclature synonym is Cereus nashii (Britton) Vaupel (1913).
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. 163.
- ^ Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Volume 35, Number 12, 1908, p. 564 (online) .