Neobuxbaumia multiareolata
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Neobuxbaumia multiareolata is a species of the genus Neobuxbaumia in the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Neobuxbaumia multiareolata grows individually and reaches a height of 7 to 12 meters. The columnar, cloudy green shoots have a diameter of 10 to 15 centimeters. The approximately 20 ribs are wide and triangular in cross-section. The single dark red central spine , which can also be missing, is 1.2 to 3.5 centimeters long. The three to six initially brown or brownish red radial spines turn gray with age. They are a bit flexible and up to 3.5 inches long.
The tubular to slightly bell-shaped flowers appear near the shoot tips as well as along the entire shoot. They are reddish purple in color and 2.5 to 4.5 inches long. Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with cusps and triangular, fringed scales. They are bare during the flowering period . The almost spherical fruits are 2 to 3 centimeters long and tear open irregularly.
Distribution and systematics
Neobuxbaumia multiareolata is common in the Mexican state of Guerrero .
It was first described as Cephalocereus mezcalaensis var. Multiareolatus in 1948 by Elmer Yale Dawson . Helia Bravo Hollis , Leia Scheinvar and Hernándo Sánchez-Mejorada elevated the variety to the rank of a species and placed it in the genus Neobuxbaumia in 1972 .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 439 .