Leptocereus ekmanii
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Leptocereus ekmanii is a species of plant in the genus Leptocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet ekmanii honors the Swedish botanist Erik Leonard Ekman .
description
Leptocereus ekmanii grows shrubby with prostrate to semi-upright twigs and reaches heights of up to 1 meter. The uppermost shoot segments reach a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters. There are up to seven conspicuously notched ribs . The areoles on it are felted in brown. The perennial brownish thorns are thickened at their base. The single strong central spine is up to 5 centimeters or more long. The up to ten needle radial spines reach a length of up to 4 centimeters.
The salver-shaped yellow flowers often appear in groups at the shoot tips. They are up to 4 inches long. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with reddish thorns. The fruits are densely thorn.
Distribution and systematics
Leptocereus ekmanii is common in Cuba .
It was first described as Cereus ekmanii in 1931 by Erich Werdermann . Frederik Marcus Knuth placed the species in the genus Leptocereus in 1936 .
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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. 74.
- ^ Repertory Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis . Volume 29, Berlin 1931, p. 235.
- ↑ Cactus ABC . 1936, p. 302.