Leptocereus leonii

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

Leptocereus leonii is a species of plant in the genus Leptocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet leonii honors the French author of the Flora de Cuba Hermano León (1871–1955).

description

Leptocereus leonii grows shrubby to tree-like, is richly branched and reaches heights of up to 5 meters. A trunk with a diameter of up to 30 centimeters is often formed. The uppermost shoot segments reach a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters. There are six to eight ribs that are noticeably notched. The persistent, needle-like, yellowish thorns turn gray with age. They are 2 to 9 inches long.

The bell-shaped, somewhat pink to reddish flowers are up to 3.5 centimeters long. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with short thorns. The spherical to uniform fruits are hardly thorny and have a diameter of up to 2 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Leptocereus leonii is endemic to the Sierra de Anafe and Sierra del Esperón in western Cuba .

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

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 356 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 135.
^ NL Britton, JN Rose: Undescribed species of Cuban cacti . In: Torreya . Volume 12, 1912, p. 15 (online) .
↑ Leptocereus leonii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 135.

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

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