Hylocereus ocamponis

Hylocereus ocamponis
	Hylocereus ocamponis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Hylocereus
Type :	Hylocereus ocamponis
Scientific name
	Hylocereus ocamponis
	( Salm-Dyck ) Britton & Rose

Hylocereus ocamponis is a species of plant in the genus Hylocereus fromthe cactus family (Cactaceae).

description

Hylocereus ocamponis grows climbing with triangular, blue-green shoots and reaches lengths of up to 3 meters with diameters of 5 to 6 centimeters. The ribs are wavy at the edge with a horny, brown edge. From the 2 to 4 centimeters distant areoles arise 5 to 8 needle-shaped, yellowish thorns that are up to 1.5 centimeters long.

The white flowers are 25 to 30 centimeters long and wide. The fruits are yellow or red.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Hylocereus ocamponis is common in southwestern Mexico . The first description as Cereus ocamponis was published in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put it in the genus Hylocereus in 1909 .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 345 .
Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape II . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 806 .

Individual evidence

↑ Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae. Anno 1849 . 1850, p. 220.
^ Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, p. 429, (online) .
^ Hylocereus ocamponis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Terrazas, T., Arreola, H. & Cházaro, M., 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Hylocereus ocamponis - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae. Anno 1849 . 1850, p. 220.

[2] Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, p. 429, (online) .

[3] Hylocereus ocamponis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Terrazas, T., Arreola, H. & Cházaro, M., 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2014.