Parodia meonacantha

Parodia meonacantha
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Parody
Type :	Parodia meonacantha
Scientific name
	Parodia meonacantha
	( Prestlé ) Hofacker

Parodia meonacantha is a species of the genus Parodia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet meonacantha is derived from the Greek words meion for 'small' and akantha for 'thorn' and refers to the relatively small thorns of the species.

description

Parodia meonacantha grows individually. The green to purple-green, flattened spherical shoots reach heights of growth of 3 to 4 centimeters and diameters of 4 to 6 centimeters. The 13 to 14 vertical ribs are divided into rounded cusps. The oval areoles on it are yellowish white. The flattened, angular, not completely straight thorns are amber to brownish black. The single central spine has a length of up to 1 centimeter. The ten radial spines are 0.6 to 0.7 inches long.

The funnel-shaped, whitish yellow flowers reach lengths of up to 4.5 centimeters and diameters of 6 centimeters. The scar is dark red. The greenish purple fruits are elongated. They contain medium-sized, cap-shaped black seeds .

Distribution and systematics

Parodia meonacantha is common in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in the area around Camaquã .

The first description as Notocactus meonacanthus by Karl-Heinz Prestlé was published in 1986. Andreas Hofacker placed the species in the genus Parodia in 1998 . Another nomenclature synonym is Ritterocactus meonacanthus (Prestlé) Doweld (1999).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 505 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 152.
↑ Internoto . Volume 7, Number 2, 1986, pp. 35-39.
^ Andreas Hofacker: Further nomenclatural adjustments in Frailea and Parodia . In: Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Number 6, 1998, p. 11.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 152.

[2] Internoto . Volume 7, Number 2, 1986, pp. 35-39.

[3] Andreas Hofacker: Further nomenclatural adjustments in Frailea and Parodia . In: Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Number 6, 1998, p. 11.