Opuntia elatior
| Opuntia elatior | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opuntia elatior |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Opuntia elatior | ||||||||||||
| Mill. |
Opuntia elatior is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet elatior means 'sublime, proud'.
description
Opuntia elatior grows bushy to tree-shaped and reaches heights of up to 5 meters. The more or less obovate or elongated, partly also round shoots are olive green and 10 to 40 centimeters long. The areoles are 2 to 4 centimeters apart. The 2 to 8 awl and black-brown colored thorns are 2 to 4 inches long. The 5 centimeter wide flowers are striped yellow and red or salmon pink. You have a green scar . The stamens are numerous and pink or red.
The obovate, dark red fruits grow up to 4 centimeters in size, have red flesh and are edible.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 44.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Opuntia elatior is believed to be endemic to the Caribbean island of Curaçao and northern South America. Large populations are found today in Panama , Colombia, and Venezuela . Plants from Tobogilla Island , which belongs to Panama, have narrower egg-shaped limbs. In Australia , the species is already considered feral, which can be attributed to human influences. Stocks in culture were also reported from Mexico .
It was first described in 1768 by the English gardener and botanist Philip Miller . Synonyms are Opuntia nigricans (Haw.) Haw. (1812), Cactus elatior (Mill.) Willd. (1814) and Opuntia bergeriana F.ACWeber ex A.Berger (1904).
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 Cactus Family . Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001, ISBN 0-88192-498-9 , pp. 497 .
- Alwin Berger : Cacti - instructions for culture and knowledge of the most important introduced species . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1929, p. 75-76 .
- Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape I . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1982, p. 489 .
- Carl Friedrich Förster : Handbuch der Cacteenkunde in its entirety: Or the most successful culture information based on the latest experiences, as well as detailed and precise description and corrected synonymy of all cacti that have become known up to now, and in general everything else only worth knowing in relation to this family of plants . Wöller, 1846, p. 496 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Dragendorff: The medicinal plants of the different peoples and times: their application, essential components and history. A manual for doctors, pharmacists, botanists and druggists . F. Enke-Verlag, 1898, p. 457.
- ^ Opuntia elatior at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ a b Curt Backeberg: The Cactaceae - manual of cactus science. Volume 1, Gustav-Fischer, Stuttgart 1982, p. 489.
- ↑ a b N. L. Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape I . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 153 ( online ).
- ^ The Gardeners Dictionary . 8th edition. 1768, no page numbers, no. 4, botanicus.org .
- ^ Opuntia elatior in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Majure, L., Griffith, P. & Nassar, J., 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
