Melocactus lemairei
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Melocactus lemairei is a species of the genus Melocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet lemairei honors the French philologist and cactus specialist Charles Lemaire .
description
Melocactus lemairei grows with green, cylindrical to somewhat pyramidal shoots that reach heights of 20 to 30 centimeters with a diameter of up to 20 centimeters. There are nine to ten ribs . The tufted eight to ten, 2 to 3 centimeter long thorns cannot be divided into central and radial spines. They are strong, somewhat flattened and yellowish to brownish. The slender cephalium , made of brownish, thorn-like bristles and white wool, grows up to 10 centimeters high.
The pink flowers are up to 2 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters in diameter. They protrude up to 1.2 centimeters from the cephalium. The slender pink fruits are up to 2 centimeters long.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Melocactus lemairei is common in Haiti and the Dominican Republic .
The first description as Echinocactus lemairei was in 1838 by Charles Lemaire . In 1840 he placed the species in the genus Melocactus . A nomenclature synonym is Cactus lemairei (Monv. Ex Lem.) Britton & Rose (1922) .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Near Threatened (NT) ", d. H. listed as low risk.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 427 .
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.
- ↑ Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto monvilliano cultarum accurata descriptio . 1838, p. 17 (online) .
- ↑ Plantes Nouvelles D'Onement . In: L'Horticulteur Universel, Journal Général des Jardiniers et Amateurs . Volume 1, 1840, pp. 286-289 (online) .
- ^ 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. 226-227 ( online ).
- ↑ Melocactus lemairei in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Taylor, NP & Gann, GD, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
