Opuntia Scheeri
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Opuntia Scheeri in the Jardin de Cactus on Lanzarote |
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Opuntia scheeri is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors theGerman trader and plant lover Frederick Scheer, who lives in Kew .
description
Opuntia scheeri grows as a shrub with branches sprawling over the ground, is branched from the base and reaches heights of growth of up to 1 meter. The blue-green elongated to circular shoot sections are 15 to 30 centimeters long. The round brown areoles are on raised humps. Their glochids are brownish yellow. The ten to twelve needle-like, yellow thorns are up to 1 centimeter long. They are surrounded by white or yellow hairs that sometimes completely cover the shoot surface.
The light yellow flowers turn salmon-colored with age. They reach a diameter of up to 10 centimeters. The spherical fruits are red and fleshy.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Opuntia scheeri is common in the Mexican states of Guanajuato , Querétaro and San Luis Potosí .
The first description by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber was published in 1898.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data. The future development of the populations is unknown.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 476 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 214.
- ↑ In: Désiré Bois: Dictionnaire d'Horticulture . Volume 2, Paris 1898, p. 895.
- ↑ Opuntia scheeri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Bárcenas Luna, R., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guadalupe Martínez, J. & Sánchez, E., 2013. Accessed January 11, 2015.
