Opuntia eichlamii

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

Opuntia eichlamii is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the German cactus collector Friedrich Eichlam .

description

Opuntia eichlamii grows tree-shaped with mostly upright branches and reaches heights of 5 to 6 meters. The mostly glaucous , circular to obovate shoot sections are 15 to 20 centimeters long. The small areoles are 3 to 3.5 centimeters apart. The glochids are brown. Of the four to six unequal, spreading, yellow thorns that turn gray with age , some are flattened. They are up to 2 inches long.

The carmine-red flowers have a length of up to 3.5 centimeters. The tuberous, inedible fruits are up to 4 centimeters long.

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia eichlamii is common in the Mexican state of Chiapas as well as in Guatemala , Honduras and Nicaragua .

It was first described in 1911 by Joseph Nelson Rose .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 456-457 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 74.
^ Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 7. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 13, part 9, 1911, p. 310, plate 66 (online) .

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 74.

[2] Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 7. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 13, part 9, 1911, p. 310, plate 66 (online) .