Leptocereus arboreus

Leptocereus arboreus
	Leptocereus arboreus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Pachycereeae
Genre :	Leptocereus
Type :	Leptocereus arboreus
Scientific name
	Leptocereus arboreus
	Britton & Rose

Leptocereus arboreus is a species of plant in the genus Leptocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet arboreus comes from Latin and means 'tree-like'.

description

Leptocereus arboreus grows tree-shaped with numerous upright branches and reaches heights of 5 to 8 meters. A trunk with a diameter of 30 centimeters and more is formed. The shoots tapered towards their base are 30 to 100 centimeters long. The uppermost shoot sections reach a diameter of 3.5 to 6 centimeters. There are four to five thin, narrow, slightly notched ribs . The up to ten persistent, needle-like, yellowish thorns are up to 5 centimeters long.

The bell-shaped whitish flowers are up to 3 inches long. Your light green pericarpel is very thorny. The ellipsoidal, densely yellowish thorny fruits are up to 10 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 6 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Leptocereus arboreus is common in Cuba .

It was first described in 1912 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . A synonym is Cereus arboreus Vaupel (1912).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," 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. 355 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 14.
^ NL Britton, JN Rose: Undescribed species of Cuban cacti . In: Torreya . Volume 12, 1912, p. 15 (online) .
↑ Leptocereus arboreus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

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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. 14.

[2] NL Britton, JN Rose: Undescribed species of Cuban cacti . In: Torreya . Volume 12, 1912, p. 15 (online) .

[3] Leptocereus arboreus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2014.