Parodia maassii
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Parodia maassii is a species of plant in the genus Parodia from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Wilhelm Maass, the1907 official secretary of the German Cactus Society , who came from Berlin-Zehlendorf .
description
Parodia maassii grows spherical to elongated and is 7 to 15 centimeters wide. The rounded, white woolly part is surmounted by brown thorns . 13 to 21 ribs are protruding bumpy and flatter at the bottom. In old age they are twisted spirally. The 8 to 15 radial spines are only 5 to 10 millimeters long and honey-yellow to whitish in color. The four central spines are stronger, curved downwards, partly hooked and curved and light brown in color. The flowers are large, woolly with long white hairs. The sepals are elongated and brick-red. The fruit is dry.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Parodia maassii is common in southern Bolivia and in the extreme northwest of Argentina ( Jujuy ) at altitudes of 2500 to 4000 meters.
It was first described as Echinocactus maassii in 1907 by Emil Heese (1862-1914). Alwin Berger placed the species in the genus Parodia in 1929 .
Synonyms are the following described species and varieties:
Malacocarpus escayachensis (Vaupel) Britton & Rose (1922), Malacocarpus maassii (Heese) Britton & Rose (1922), Parodia escayachensis (Vaupel) Backeb. (1959), Parodia ritteri Buining (1959), Parodia tarabucina Cardenas (1961), Parodia camargensis var. Castanea F. Knight (1962), Parodia cintiensis F. Knight (1962), Parodia fulvispina F. Knight (1962), Parodia Suprema F. Ritter (1962), Parodia otaviana Cárdenas (1963), Parodia commutans F. Ritter (1964), Parodia obtusa F. Ritter (1964), Parodia roseoalba F. Ritter (1964), Parodia rubida F. Ritter (1964), Parodia rostrum-sperma F.H. Brandt (1973), Parodia idiosa FH Brandt (1976), Parodia mendeziana FH Brandt (1976), Parodia riograndensis FH Brandt (1976), Parodia prestoensis FH Brandt (1976), Parodia thieleana FH Brandt (1976), Parodia haageana FH Brandt ( 1977), Parodia lamprospina FH Brandt (1977), Parodia quechua F.H. Brandt (1977), Parodia bermejoensis F.H. Brandt (1979), Parodia castanea (F. Ritter) F. Ritter (1980), Parodia belliata F.H. Brandt (1981) and Parodia tojoensis F.H. Brandt (1985).
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 Cactus Family . Timber Press, Portland (Oregon) 2001, ISBN 0-88192-498-9 , pp. 545 .
- Alwin Berger : Cacti - instructions for culture and knowledge of the most important introduced species . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1929, p. 204 .
- NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 202 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 142.
- ↑ E. Heese: Echinocactus maaßii nov. sp. In: Garden flora . Vol. 56, 1907, pp. 410-411, (online) .
- ↑ Alwin Berger : Cacti - instructions for culture and knowledge of the most important introduced species . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1929, p. 344 .
- ↑ Parodia maassii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Kiesling, R., Lowry, M. & Ortega-Baes, P., 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
