Parodia erubescens

Parodia erubescens
	Parodia erubescens
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Parody
Type :	Parodia erubescens
Scientific name
	Parodia erubescens
	( East per hybr.) DRHunt

Parodia erubescens is a species of plant in the genus Parodia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet erubescens comes from Latin , means 'becoming red' and refers to the color of the thorns.

description

Parodia erubescens grows individually. The club-shaped to short cylindrical shoots reach heights of growth of up to 18 centimeters and a diameter of 11 centimeters. The apex of the shoot is covered with thorns and sparse white wool. The 22 ribs have chin-like protrusions between the initially white and later gray areoles . The four cross-standing, straight, stiff and sharp central spines are reddish in color and have a darker base. They have a length of 1.7 to 2.4 centimeters. The approximately 34 straight, needle-like, whitish radial spines are yellow at their base. They are up to 1.1 inches long.

The bright lemon yellow flowers reach lengths of up to 4.5 centimeters and diameters of 5 centimeters. Your pericarpel is covered with green and red scales, brown wool and dark bristles. The scar is red. The thick-walled fruits dry out when ripe and tear open. They contain numerous shiny black seeds that are humped.

Distribution and systematics

Parodia erubescens is common in Uruguay .

The first description as a hybrid Echinocactus × erubescens by Cornelius Osten was published in 1941. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Parodia in 1997 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Notocactus erubescens (Osten pro hybr.) Marchesi (1972) and Ritterocactus erubescens (Osten pro hybr.) Doweld (1999).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 499-500 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 78.
^ "Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo". 2nd episode, volume 5, number 1, 1941, p. 47, plate 36.
↑ Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Number 4, 1997, p. 6.

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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. 78.

[2] "Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo". 2nd episode, volume 5, number 1, 1941, p. 47, plate 36.

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