Opuntia salmiana

Opuntia salmiana
	Opuntia salmiana
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Opuntieae
Genre :	Opuntia ( Opuntia )
Type :	Opuntia salmiana
Scientific name
	Opuntia salmiana
	J.Parm. ex whistle.

Opuntia salmiana is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet salmiana means '(lat. Salmianus) named after Salm-Dyck'.

description

Opuntia salmiana grows shrubby, is richly branched with several rather weak main shoots and reaches heights of growth of up to 2 meters. The often reddish to slightly purple tinted, non-humped, cylindrical shoot sections have a diameter of up to 1.5 centimeters. The small white areoles are covered with wool. Their glochids are yellow. There are several whitish thorns up to 1.5 centimeters long , which are occasionally missing.

The pale yellow to whitish flowers reach a diameter of 2 to 3.5 centimeters. The club-shaped reddish fruits are (almost) without thorns.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Opuntia salmiana is distributed in southwest Brazil , Paraguay , Bolivia and northern Argentina at altitudes of 400 to 1900 meters.

The first description by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer was published in 1837. A synonym is among others Opuntia spegazzinii F.ACWeber (1898).

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 Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 475 .

Individual evidence

↑ Braun, PJ (2017): The cacti native to Mato Grosso do Sul. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (3): 65-70.
↑ Braun, PJ (2017): An annotated list of species of the Cactaceae from Mato Grosso do Sul: Opuntia, deciduous cacti, epiphytes. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (9): 247-249.
↑ Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum . Berlin 1837, pp. 172-173 online .
^ Opuntia salmiana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Oakley, L. & Pin, A., 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

Web links

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[1] Braun, PJ (2017): The cacti native to Mato Grosso do Sul. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (3): 65-70.

[2] Braun, PJ (2017): An annotated list of species of the Cactaceae from Mato Grosso do Sul: Opuntia, deciduous cacti, epiphytes. - cact. and. Sukk. 68 (9): 247-249.

[3] Enumeratio Diagnostica Cactearum hucusque Cognitarum . Berlin 1837, pp. 172-173 online .

[4] Opuntia salmiana in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Oakley, L. & Pin, A., 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2015.