Parodia curvispina

Parodia curvispina
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Parody
Type :	Parodia curvispina
Scientific name
	Parodia curvispina
	( F.Ritter ) DRHunt

Parodia curvispina is a species of plant from the genus Parodia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet curvispina is derived from the Latin words curvus for 'bent' and -spinus for 'thorny' and refers to the curved thorns of the species.

description

Parodia curvispina grows individually. The green, depressed spherical shoots reach a diameter of up to 5 centimeters. The roughly 24 straight ribs are subdivided into small humps. The areoles on them are white. The single yellowish central spine is bent downwards. It has a length of 0.5 to 2 centimeters. The ten to 13 inwardly curved radial spines are 0.4 to 1 centimeter long.

The sulfur-yellow flowers reach lengths of 4 to 6 centimeters. The scar is dark red-brown. The hollow green fruits contain bag-shaped, black seeds that are finely tuberous.

Distribution and systematics

Parodia curvispina is common in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul .

The first description as Notocactus curvispinus by Friedrich Ritter was published in 1979. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Parodia in 1987 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Ritterocactus curvispinus (F.Ritter) Doweld (1999) and Notocactus arnostianus f. curvispinus (F.Ritter) N. Gerloff & Neduchal (2004, nom. inval. ICBN -Article 11.4).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 499 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 59.
↑ Friedrich Ritter: Cacti in South America. Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 1: Brazil / Uruguay / Paraguay. Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1979, p. 189
↑ Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Number 4, 1997, p. 6.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 59.

[2] Friedrich Ritter: Cacti in South America. Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 1: Brazil / Uruguay / Paraguay. Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1979, p. 189

[3] Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Number 4, 1997, p. 6.