Neolloydia conoidea

Neolloydia conoidea
	Neolloydia conoidea; Plate 96 from 1907 from Blooming Cacti
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Neolloydia
Type :	Neolloydia conoidea
Scientific name
	Neolloydia conoidea
	( DC. ) Britton & Rose

Neolloydia conoidea flower

Neolloydia conoidea is a species of plant in the genus Neolloydia from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet conoidea means '(Latin conoideus) cone-like, conical'.

description

Neolloydia conoidea grows individually or forms loose cushions. The slightly yellowish green to green shoots have for ordinary whitish wooly apices and are spherical to cylindrical. With a diameter of 3 to 6 centimeters, they reach heights of growth of 5 to 24 centimeters. Ribs are weak or absent. The conical, 3 to 10 millimeter long and 6 to 10 millimeter wide warts are clearly pronounced. The dimorphic, 3 to 5 millimeter large areoles are 8 to 12 millimeters apart and have an areolar furrow. The single central spine , which can also be missing, is black to reddish-brown, straight and protruding. It is between 5 and 25 millimeters long. There are 15 to 16 radial spines.

The funnel-shaped flowers are purple, 2 to 3 centimeters long and 4 to 6 centimeters in diameter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

The distribution area of Neolloydia conoidea extends from the southern United States to central Mexico .

The first description as Mammillaria conoidea was published in 1828 by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Neolloydia in 1922 . One of the numerous synonyms is Neolloydia grandiflora (Otto ex Pfeiff.) FMKnuth

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. 441-442 .

Individual evidence

^ Revue de la Famille des Cactées . In: Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle . Volume 17, 1828, p. 112, (online) .
^ Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Volume 49, New York 1922, pp. 251-252 (online) .
^ Neolloydia conoidea in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Sánchez, E., Guadalupe Martínez, J. & Bárcenas Luna, R., 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

Web links

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[1] Revue de la Famille des Cactées . In: Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle . Volume 17, 1828, p. 112, (online) .

[2] Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . Volume 49, New York 1922, pp. 251-252 (online) .

[3] Neolloydia conoidea in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Sánchez, E., Guadalupe Martínez, J. & Bárcenas Luna, R., 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2013.