Opuntia schumannii
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Opuntia schumannii is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The epithet of the species honors the German botanist and cactus specialist Karl Moritz Schumann .
description
Opuntia schumannii grows shrubby and forms cushions that reach a height of 1 to 2 meters. The inverted egg-shaped to elongated shoot sections, wavy at the edge, are matt dark green and up to 25 centimeters long. The few, medium-sized areoles are far apart and have few, early sloping glochids . The 2 to 10 dark brown thorns are very unequal. They are a little twisted, flattened, a little spreading and are up to 4.5 centimeters long.
The yellowish- red or orange flowers later turn dark red and reach a length of up to 6 centimeters. The fleshy, dark purple fruits are oval and up to 5 centimeters long.
Systematics and distribution
Opuntia schumannii is common in Colombia and Venezuela .
The first description was published in 1904 by Alwin Berger .
use
The fruits of Opuntia schumannii are used to color food.
proof
literature
- Opuntia schumannii . In: Edward F. Anderson : The Cactus Family . Timber Press: Portland (Oregon), 2001, p. 520, ISBN 0-88192-498-9 .
- Opuntia schumannii Weber in Berger In: NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . Washington, 1919, Volume I, p. 155.
- Opuntia schumannii web. non speg. In: Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd edition, 1982, Vol. I, p. 489, ISBN 3-437-30380-5
Individual evidence
- ^ Alwin Berger: New or noteworthy plants. Opuntias . In: Gardeners' Chronicle . 3rd episode, Volume 35, 1904, p. 34 ( online )
