Lasiocereus
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Lasiocereus is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Greek adjective "λάσιος" (lasios) for shaggy and means shaggy Cereus .
description
The species of the genus Lasiocereus grow bushy to tree-like and reach heights of up to 1 meter. The thorny shoots are circular in cross-section and have numerous thin, warty ribs on which numerous areoles can be found. The upright central spines are sub- like to needle-like, the numerous upright radial spines are needle-like.
The white, tubular flowers emerge at the tip of the shoot from enlarged areoles that create a cephalium-like appearance. They open at night. Your flower cup and the flower tube are covered with thick wool and bristles.
The barrel-shaped to spherical fruits tear open at the base and are dry inside. They contain small, warty seeds .
Systematics and distribution
The species of the genus Lasiocereus are common in Peru .
The first description of the species and its two species took place in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter . The type species of the genus is Lasiocereus rupicola . The genus includes the two species:
- Lasiocereus fulvus F. Knight
- Lasiocereus rupicola F. Knight
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 349 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Ritter: Cacti in South America. Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4 Peru , Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1981, pp. 1477–1478
- ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 349 .
Web links
- Photos of Lasiocereus fulvus