Hatiora gaertneri

Hatiora gaertneri
	Hatiora gaertneri
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Hatiora
Type :	Hatiora gaertneri
Scientific name
	Hatiora gaertneri
	( Rule ) Barthlott

Hatiora gaertneri is a species of plant in the genus Hatiora from the cactus family(Cactaceae) and a hybrid parent of the "Easter cactus" ( Hatiora × graeseri ). The specific epithet gaertneri honors the German doctor Karl F. Gaertner in Blumenau .

description

Hatiora gaertneri has a shrubby growth with drooping shoots and is richly branched. The mostly flattened, but occasionally three to six-sided, cloudy green, often reddish at first, shoot segments are 4 to 7 centimeters long and 2 to 2.5 centimeters wide. The margins are slightly notched below the areoles covered with short, brownish yellow bristles .

The funnel-shaped, dark scarlet flowers appear in 1 to 3 at the tips of the shoot segments. They are 4 to 5 centimeters long and 4 to 7.5 centimeters in diameter. The red fruits are elongated.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Hatiora gaertneri is common in the Brazilian states of Paraná , Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina at altitudes of 350 to 1300 meters.

The first description as Epiphyllum russellianum var. Gaertneri by Eduard August von Regel was published in 1884. Wilhelm Barthlott put the variety in 1987 as a species in the genus Hatiora . Synonyms include Phyllocactus gaertneri (rule) K.Schum. (1894) and Schlumbergera gaertneri (Regel) Britton & Rose (1913).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 342 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 91.
^ Eduard rule: Epiphyllum Russellianum Hook. var.Gärtneri . In: Garden flora . Monthly magazine for German and Swiss gardening and floriculture . Volume 33, Erlangen 1884, pp. 323-324 ( online ).
^ Wilhelm Barthlott: New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 100.
↑ Hatiora gaertneri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Hatiora gaertneri - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 91.

[2] Eduard rule: Epiphyllum Russellianum Hook. var.Gärtneri . In: Garden flora . Monthly magazine for German and Swiss gardening and floriculture . Volume 33, Erlangen 1884, pp. 323-324 ( online ).

[3] Wilhelm Barthlott: New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 100.

[4] Hatiora gaertneri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.