Opuntia ekmanii

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

Opuntia ekmanii is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Swedish botanist Erik Leonard Ekman .

description

Opuntia ekmanii grows low and shrubby and reaches heights of up to 30 centimeters. The non-humped, egg-shaped to elongated shoot sections are up to 10 centimeters long and up to 3.5 centimeters wide. The yellow to gray areoles are far apart. The glochids are light yellow to reddish yellow. The two to five needle-like thorns are up to 5 centimeters long.

The yellow flowers are 4 to 7 centimeters long and up to 4 centimeters in diameter. The pear-shaped fruits are up to 4 inches long.

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia ekmanii is common in Haiti .

It was first described in 1931 by Erich Werdermann .

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 74.
^ E. Werdermann: The Cactaceae collected by EL Ekmann in the West Indies, especially on Cuba and Hispaniola . In: Repertorium novarum specierum regni vegetabilis Volume 29, Numbers 11-20, 1931, pp. 225-227 (online) .

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 74.

[2] E. Werdermann: The Cactaceae collected by EL Ekmann in the West Indies, especially on Cuba and Hispaniola . In: Repertorium novarum specierum regni vegetabilis Volume 29, Numbers 11-20, 1931, pp. 225-227 (online) .