Oroya borchersii
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Oroya borchersii is a species of plant in the genus Oroya from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Oroya borchersii grows individually or forms groups with shoots that reach heights of 12 to 32 centimeters with a diameter of 15 to 22 centimeters. There are 12 to 30 ribs . The brown areoles are elongated. The yellowish to reddish brown, 2 to 2.5 centimeters long spines can only be differentiated into central and radial spines with difficulty. There are 1 to 3 central spines and 25 to 30 thin and needle-like to bristle-like, comb-shaped arranged marginal spines.
The yellow to greenish yellow flowers are up to 2 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 1.5 centimeters. The club-shaped fruits are yellow-green and up to 2.5 centimeters long.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Oroya borchersii is common in the Peruvian region of Ancash in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra at altitudes of 3900 to 4300 meters.
The first description as Echinocactus borchersii was published in 1933 by Friedrich Bödeker . Curt Backeberg placed them in the genus Oroya in 1958 .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 485-486 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cactus science . 1933, p. 112.
- ↑ Contribution to the knowledge of the Peruvian cactus vegetation . In: Meeting reports of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Science Class. 1958, p. 487
- ↑ Oroya borchersii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C. & Cáceres, F., 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
