Opuntia boldinghii

Opuntia boldinghii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Opuntieae
Genre :	Opuntia ( Opuntia )
Type :	Opuntia boldinghii
Scientific name
	Opuntia boldinghii
	Britton & Rose

Opuntia boldinghii is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Dutch botanist Isaäc Boldingh (1879–1938).

description

Opuntia boldinghii has a shrubby growth and forms groups of many shoots with heights of up to 2 meters. The glaucous cloudy green, obovate shoot sections are up to 20 centimeters long. The conical, reddish leaf rudiments on them are up to 3 millimeters long. The large protruding areoles are felted in brown and have brownish glochids . Short brown thorns are few or absent.

The pink flowers reach a length of up to 5 centimeters. The obovate fruits have no thorns and are up to 4 centimeters long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Opuntia boldinghii is common in the northwest of Venezuela , Trinidad and Curaçao .

The first description was in 1919 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose .

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

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 451 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 28.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape I . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1919, p. 155 ( online ).
↑ Opuntia boldinghii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Griffith, P. & Nassar, J., 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 28.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape I . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1919, p. 155 ( online ).

[3] Opuntia boldinghii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Griffith, P. & Nassar, J., 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2015.