Leptocereus scopulophilus
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Leptocereus scopulophilus is a species of plant in the genus Leptocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Leptocereus scopulophilus grows as a shrub with upright twigs that arise from a short unreinforced trunk and reaches heights of 2 to 3 meters. The upright, bright green main shoots mostly branch in their upper part and are 0.7 to 1.5 meters long. The uppermost ascending or spreading shoot segments reach a diameter of 3 to 4.8 centimeters. There are four to five flattened and somewhat wavy ribs . The areoles are located in the indentations of the ribs. The uneven brown thorns turn gray with age. The single 7 to 9 centimeter long central spine is followed by three to six spreading transition spines 2.8 to 5.5 centimeters long. The six to 13 radial spines, usually eight, are 1 to 2.5 inches long.
The cylindrical whitish pink to white flowers appear at the shoot tips and open at night. They are 4.5 to 5.5 inches long and 3 to 3.5 inches in diameter. Your pericarpel and the tube are brown thorns. The ellipsoidal to spherical fruits are thorny. They reach a length of up to 6.5 centimeters and a diameter of 5.5 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Leptocereus scopulophilus is widespread in the La Habana province of Cuba .
The first description was in 1993 by L. Alberto E. Areces-Mallea .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 357 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alberto E. Areces-Mallea: Leptocereus scopulophilus (Cactaceae), a New Species from Western Cuba . In: Brittonia . Volume 45, Number 3, 1993, pp. 226-230 (JSTOR) .
- ↑ Leptocereus scopulophilus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP, González Torres, LR & Barrios, D., 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2014.