Eriosyce subgibbosa

Eriosyce subgibbosa
	Eriosyce subgibbosa subsp. Wagenknechtii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Eriosyce
Type :	Eriosyce subgibbosa
Scientific name
	Eriosyce subgibbosa
	( Haw. ) Katt.

Eriosyce subgibbosa is a species of plant in the genus Eriosyce from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet subgibbosa means '(Latin subgibbosus) slightly bumpy'.

description

Eriosyce subgibbosa initially grows with spherical to elongated, later prostrate, yellowish green to deep green, occasionally glaucous shoots and reaches lengths of up to 100 centimeters with diameters of 6 to 25 centimeters. The roots are mostly fibrous. There are 16 to 22 ribs , which are deeply notched and thus appear to be broken up into large bumps. The stiff, needle-like, usually straight, sometimes strongly curved thorns are yellow to brown or black. They are not always easy to distinguish between central and radial spines. The one to 16 central spines are thicker than the radial spines. The often thin, sometimes even hair-like eight to 40 radial spines are 1 to 2 centimeters long.

The carmine-red flowers appear from young areoles and vary in size. Sometimes more than one flower is formed per areole . Your pericarpel and the flower tube are covered with wool and sometimes bristles. The elongated, bright red fruits open with a basal pore.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

The coastal distribution area of Eriosyce subgibbosa extends from the south of the Chilean region Atacama ( Huasco ) to the Bío-Bío after Concepción .

It was first described as Echinocactus subgibbosus in 1831 by Adrian Hardy Haworth . Fred Kattermann placed them in the genus Eriosyce in 1994 .

The following subspecies and varieties are distinguished:

Eriosyce subgibbosa subsp. clavata (Söhrens ex K.Schum.) Katt.
Eriosyce subgibbosa subsp. nigrihorrida (Backeb.) Katt.
Eriosyce subgibbosa subsp. subgibbosa
Eriosyce subgibbosa subsp. vallenarensis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce subgibbosa subsp. wagenknechtii (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. Castanea (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. Litoralis (F.Ritter) Katt.
Eriosyce subgibbosa var. Subgibbosa

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. 267-269 .

Individual evidence

↑ AH Haworth: Decas tridecima Novarum Plantarum Succulentarum . In: Philosophical Magazine and Annals of Philosophy . Volume 10, 1831, pp. 419-420, (online) .
^ Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 119.
↑ Eriosyce subgibbosa in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Guerrero, P., Saldivia, P. & Walter, HE, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

Web links

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[1] AH Haworth: Decas tridecima Novarum Plantarum Succulentarum . In: Philosophical Magazine and Annals of Philosophy . Volume 10, 1831, pp. 419-420, (online) .

[2] Succulent Plant Research . Volume 1, David Hunt, Richmond 1994, p. 119.

[3] Eriosyce subgibbosa in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Guerrero, P., Saldivia, P. & Walter, HE, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2014.