Parodia alacriportana

Parodia alacriportana
	Parodia alacriportana subsp. catarinensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Parody
Type :	Parodia alacriportana
Scientific name
	Parodia alacriportana
	Backeb. & Full

Parodia alacriportana is a species of plant in the genus Parodia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet alacriportana refers to the occurrence of the species near Porto Alegre .

description

Parodia alacriportana grows individually. The spherical to short cylindrical dark green shoots reach a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. There are 16 to 31 ribs . The four to ten brown to yellow or white, occasionally golden yellow central spines are sometimes hooked. They have a length of 0.7 to 1 centimeter. The up to 22 bristle-like, spreading, yellow to creamy white or yellowish white radial spines are up to 8 millimeters long.

The yellow flowers reach a diameter of 3 to 3.5 centimeters and lengths of up to 4 centimeters. Your scar is cream-colored to yellowish white. The green elongated fruits are up to 1 centimeter long. They are trimmed with white wool and bristles.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Parodia alacriportana is common in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina .

The first description by Curt Backeberg and Otto Voll was published in 1949. Nomenclatory synonyms are Notocactus alacriportanus (Backeb. & Voll) Buxb. (1967), Brasiliparodia alacriportana (Backeb. & Voll) F. Ritter (1979) and Brasilicactus alacriportanus (Backeb. & Voll) Doweld (1999, incorrect name ICBN -Article 11.4?).

Parodia alacriportana subsp. brevihamata

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Parodia alacriportana subsp. alacriportana
Parodia alacriportana subsp. brevihamata (W. Haage) Hofacker & PJBraun
Parodia alacriportana subsp. buenekeri (Buining) Hofacker & PJBraun
Parodia alacriportana subsp. catarinensis (F.Ritter) Hofacker & PJBraun

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 495-496 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 5.
↑ Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro . Volume 9, 1949, pp. 166-169.
↑ Parodia alacriportana in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Larocca, J., 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 5.

[2] Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro . Volume 9, 1949, pp. 166-169.

[3] Parodia alacriportana in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Larocca, J., 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2014.