Neobuxbaumia

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Neobuxbaumia
Neobuxbaumia polylopha

Neobuxbaumia polylopha

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Pachycereeae
Genre : Neobuxbaumia
Scientific name
Neobuxbaumia
Backeb.

Neobuxbaumia is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus honors the Austrian botanist Franz Buxbaum . The addition “Neo” was necessary because the name Buxbaumia was already given to a genus of mosses .

description

The species of the genus Neobuxbaumia grow tree-like, branched or unbranched, have a well-defined trunk up to 30 centimeters in diameter and reach heights of up to 15 meters. The strong, cylindrical, gray-green shoots have numerous, low ribs and densely seated areoles . The thorns are stiff or pliable.

The small cylindrical to bell-shaped flowers are white or pink and open during the day. Your flower cup and the flower tube have fairly large bumps, have small fleshy scales and are bare or have few bristles at the time of flowering.

The egg-shaped fruits are thorny, tear open vertically and have a persistent flower remnant. They contain a white, dry pulp. The seeds it contains are light or dark brown and shiny.

Systematics and distribution

The species of the genus Neobuxbaumia are common in eastern and southern Mexico .

The genus was first described in 1938 by Curt Backeberg . The type species of the genus is Neobuxbaumia tetetzo . The genus includes the following species:

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leaves for cactus research . No. 6, 1938
  2. ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 438-441 .

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