Lepismium Lorentzianum

Lepismium Lorentzianum
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Lepismium
Type :	Lepismium Lorentzianum
Scientific name
	Lepismium Lorentzianum
	( Griseb. ) Barthlott

Pollen grain from Lepismium lorentzianum

Lepismium lorentzianum is a species of the genus Lepismium in the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Lepismium lorentzianum grows epiphytically with richly branched shoots . The fresh green, flattened or triangular shoot segments are notched wavy at their edges and have a protruding central rib . They are 10 to 30 inches long and 2 to 4 inches wide. The areoles sitting in the notches are not deeply sunk. They are covered with a little wool and have neither bristles nor thorns .

The individually appearing, hanging, small, yellowish white flowers are bell-shaped to funnel-shaped. Your smooth pericarpel is square. The somewhat square fruits are purple in color.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Lepismium lorentzianum is distributed in the Andes foreland in the Bolivian department of Tarija and in the Argentine provinces of Jujuy , Salta and Tucumán at altitudes of 500 to 2000 meters. It was first described as Rhipsalis lorentziana in 1879 by August Grisebach . Wilhelm Barthlott placed them in the genus Lepismium in 1987 .

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. 353 .

Individual evidence

^ A. Griesebach: Symbolae ad Floram Argentinam. Second processing of Argentine plants . In: Treatises of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen . Volume 24, Göttingen 1879, pp. 139-140, (online) .
^ Wilhelm Barthlott: New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 99.
↑ Lepismium lorentzianum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Oakley, L., Perea, M. & Duarte, W., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.

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[1] A. Griesebach: Symbolae ad Floram Argentinam. Second processing of Argentine plants . In: Treatises of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen . Volume 24, Göttingen 1879, pp. 139-140, (online) .

[2] Wilhelm Barthlott: New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 99.

[3] Lepismium lorentzianum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Oakley, L., Perea, M. & Duarte, W., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.