Peniocereus zopilotensis
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Peniocereus zopilotensis is a species of plant in the genus Peniocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet zopilotensis refers to the distribution in the Cañón del Zopilote.
description
Peniocereus zopilotensis has a shrubby growth with leaning to climbing shoots and bulbous roots . The bare shoots are up to 4 meters long and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. Black areoles sit on the 16 to 20 ribs . The one or two central spines are reddish brown and 2 to 3 millimeters long. The eight to ten white, needle-shaped radial spines are pressed and 1.5 to 3 millimeters long
The tubular to funnel-shaped, whitish to cream-colored flowers appear on the side of the shoots and open at night. Their tuberous pericarpel is somewhat covered with white wool and with a few thorns at the base. The pear-shaped to elongated, scarlet-red fruits reach a length of up to 3.5 centimeters and a diameter of 2 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Peniocereus zopilotensis is common in the Mexican state of Guerrero .
The first description as Wilcoxia zopilotensis was in 1969 by Jorge Meyrán . Franz Buxbaum placed the species in the genus Peniocereus in 1976 . A synonym is Neoevansia zopilotensis (J.Meyrán) Sánchez-Mej.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 526 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 266.
- ↑ Cactaceas y Suculentas Mexicanas . Volume 14, 1969, p. 52.
- ^ In: H. Krainz: Die Kakteen . Delivery 62, CIIa, 1976.
- ↑ Peniocereus zopilotensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Cházaro, M., Terrazas, T. & Arreola, H., 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2014.