Melocactus bahiensis

Melocactus bahiensis
	Melocactus bahiensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Melocactus
Type :	Melocactus bahiensis
Scientific name
	Melocactus bahiensis
	( Britton & Rose ) Luetzelb.

Melocactus bahiensis ssp. amethystinus

Melocactus bahiensis is a species of the genus Melocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet bahiensis refers to the occurrence in the Brazilian state of Bahia .

description

Melocactus bahiensis grows with light to dark green, spherical, depressed spherical or pyramidal shoots that reach heights of 9.5 to 21 centimeters with diameters of 11 to 21 centimeters. There are eight to 14 low, differently shaped ribs . Some of the brown, reddish or yellow, gray-tinged thorns in young plants are bent or hooked. The one to four central spines are mostly straight and 1.7 to 5 centimeters long. There are seven to twelve mostly straight radial spines that are up to 6 centimeters long. The mostly small cephalium is up to 5 centimeters high and reaches a diameter of 6.5 to 8.5 centimeters.

The more or less pink magenta colored flowers are 2 to 2.3 centimeters long and have a diameter of 1 to 1.25 centimeters. The fruits are reddish to magenta in color and lighter at the bottom.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Melocactus bahiensis is common in the Brazilian states of Pernambuco , Bahia, and Minas Gerais .

It was first described as Cactus bahiensis in 1922 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . Philipp von Luetzelburg placed the species in the genus Melocactus in 1923 . Synonyms are Melocactus oreas subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Rizzini (1982) and Melocactus oreas var. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Rizzini (1982).

It becomes the two subspecies

Melocactus bahiensis subsp. bahiensis
Melocactus bahiensis subsp. amethystinus (Buining & Brederoo) NPTaylor

distinguished.

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. 422-423 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 21.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 234-235 ( online ).
^ Philipp von Luetzelburg: Estudo Botanico do Nordéste . Volume 3, 1923, p. 111.
↑ Melocactus bahiensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Machado, M., Taylor, NP, Braun, P. & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2014.

Web links

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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. 21.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 234-235 ( online ).

[3] Philipp von Luetzelburg: Estudo Botanico do Nordéste . Volume 3, 1923, p. 111.

[4] Melocactus bahiensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Machado, M., Taylor, NP, Braun, P. & Zappi, D., 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2014.