Opuntia auberi

Opuntia auberi
	Opuntia auberi
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Opuntieae
Genre :	Opuntia ( Opuntia )
Type :	Opuntia auberi
Scientific name
	Opuntia auberi
	Whistle.

Habit

Opuntia auberi is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the director of the Botanical Garden in Havana Pedro Alejandro Auber e Fondniare .

description

Opuntia auberi grows tree-shaped and reaches heights of 3 to 8 meters and more. The branches are at right angles from the trunk. The cylindrical trunk is hornless and has brownish glochids . The blue-green to gray-green, wide and massive shoot sections are up to 30 centimeters long. The two to three thorns , which can sometimes be missing, are white and have a darker tip.

The dark pink flowers are up to 9 inches long. Nothing is known about the fruit .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Opuntia auberi is common in the Mexican states of Chiapas , Guerrero and Oaxaca as well as in Cuba .

It was first described in 1840 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer . A nomenclature synonym is Nopalea auberi (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck (1850).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The development of the populations is considered stable.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 449 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 18.
↑ ^a ^b Dr. L. Pfeiffer: Description of some new cacti . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 8, number 36, 1840, p. 282 (online) .
↑ Nopalea auberi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Terrazas, T. & Arias, S., 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 18.

[LP-2] Dr. L. Pfeiffer: Description of some new cacti . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 8, number 36, 1840, p. 282 (online) .

[3] Nopalea auberi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Terrazas, T. & Arias, S., 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2015.