Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis
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Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis is a species of the genus Neobuxbaumia in the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis grows individually and reaches a height of 5 to 10 meters. The columnar, yellowish green shoots have a diameter of 13 to 40 centimeters. The 13 to 25 ribs are wide and angular. The one to four slightly flattened central spines are straight, dark and only a little longer than the five to nine radial spines. The outstretched radial spines are whitish to yellowish, darker at their tip and 0.8 to 2 centimeters long.
The funnel-shaped flowers often appear along the entire stem. They are white to yellowish and purple in color and up to 5 inches long. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with humps with small scales and wool. The spherical to egg-shaped fruits are 3 to 4 centimeters long and studded with humps that carry persistent wool and thorns.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis is widespread in Mexico .
It was first described as Cephalocereus mezcalaensis in 1932 by Helia Bravo Hollis . Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Neobuxbaumia in 1941 .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 439 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad nacional de Mexico . Volume 3, 1932, p. 378.
- ↑ Contributions to the science and care of succulents . 1941, p. 3.
- ↑ Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hernández, HM, Cházaro, M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.