Myrtillocactusschenckii
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Myrtillocactusschenckii is a species of plant in the genus Myrtillocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Spanish common names are "Garambullo" and "Vichishovo".
description
Myrtillocactusschenckii grows with branched shoots , reaches heights of 4 to 5 meters and forms a short trunk. The dark green, ascending shoots have a diameter of up to 10 centimeters. There are 7 to 8 wide ribs . The single, black central spine is up to 5 centimeters long. The 6 to 8 radial spines are blackish, curved and 5 to 12 millimeters long.
The whitish flowers have a diameter of up to 4 centimeters. The spherical, red fruits reach a diameter of up to 1.5 centimeters and are covered with small thorns.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Myrtillocactusschenckii is common in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca . The first description as Cereusschenckii was published in 1909 by Joseph Anton Purpus . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Myrtillocactus in the same year .
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. 437 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 19, 1909, p. 38.
- ^ Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, p. 427, (online) .
- ↑ Myrtillocactus schenckii in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S. & Zavala-Hurtado, A., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
further reading
- Fernando Ortíz, Kathryn E. Stoner, Edgar Pérez-Negrón and Alejandro Casas: Pollination biology of Myrtillocactusschenckii (Cactaceae) in wild and managed populations of the Tehuacán Valley, México . In: Journal of Arid Environments . Volume 74, number 8, 2010, pp. 897-904, doi : 10.1016 / j.jaridenv.2010.01.009 .
