Harrisia simpsonii

Harrisia simpsonii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Harrisia
Type :	Harrisia simpsonii
Scientific name
	Harrisia simpsonii
	Small in Britton & Rose

Harrisia simpsonii is a species of plant in the genus Harrisia fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet simpsonii honors the American naturalist Charles Torrey Simpson (1846–1932). English common names are "Queen of the Night" and "Simpson's Prickly Apple".

description

Harrisia simpsonii grows with upright, spreading or leaning, unbranched or slightly branched shoots and reaches heights of up to 6 meters. There are eight to ten ribs . The seven to 14 gray thorns are 1 to 2.5 inches long.

The flowers are 12 to 17 centimeters long. Your flower tube is covered with soft, white hair . The orange-red, depressed spherical fruits reach a diameter of 4 to 6 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Harrisia simpsonii is distributed in the United States in the state of Florida on the Florida Keys and the mainland.

It was first described in 1920 by John Kunkel Small in Nathaniel Lord Britton's and Joseph Nelson Rose 's work The Cactaceae . A nomenklatorisches synonym is Cereus gracilis var. Simpsonii (Small) LDBenson (1969).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 340 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 205.
^ 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. 152-153 ( online ).

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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. 205.

[2] 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. 152-153 ( online ).