Pereskia bahiensis

Pereskia bahiensis
	Pereskia bahiensis
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Pereskioideae
Genre :	Pereskia
Type :	Pereskia bahiensis
Scientific name
	Pereskia bahiensis
	Pickle

Pereskia bahiensis is a species of plant in the genus Pereskia from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet bahiensis refers to the occurrence in the Brazilian state of Bahia . Portuguese common names are "Espinha de São Antonio", "Flor de Cêra" and "Quiabento".

description

Pereskia bahiensis grows tree-like or shrubby with upright to overhanging, grayish-brown, longitudinally cracked branches and trunks up to 30 centimeters in diameter. It reaches heights of 1 to 6 meters. The different, not clearly stalked leaves are elliptical to obovate, flat or folded slightly upwards along the midrib and often bent back. The leaf blade is 5 to 12 inches long and 2 to 7 inches wide. The pinnate-shaped leaf veins have only inconspicuous side branches. The up to 6 thorns on the areoles of the branches, which can also be missing, are parallel or spread out and 2 to 5 centimeters long. Up to 45, 2 to 9 centimeters long thorns arise from the areoles of the main shoots.

The pink to reddish purple flowers are only open on one day and are often grouped in inflorescences of 2 to 12 individual flowers. They reach a diameter of 4 to 7 centimeters. Their bracts are spread out or bent back, the receptaculum is bumpy, especially in the upper half, and each has an areole. The often hanging, pear-shaped to top-shaped, fleshy fruits are green to yellowish green. They are 3 to 6 centimeters long and 3 to 5 centimeters in diameter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Pereskia bahiensis is widespread in the Brazilian state of Bahia in the caatinga vegetation at altitudes of 400 to 900 meters. It was first described in 1908 by Robert Louis August Maximilian Gürke .

Pereskia bahiensis is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. classified not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 527 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 21.
↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 18, Berlin 1908, p. 86.
↑ Pereskia bahiensis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2013 Posted by: Taylor, NP, Zappi, D. Machado, M. & Brown, P., 2013. Retrieved on 11 October, 2015.

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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. 21.

[2] Monthly for cactus science . Volume 18, Berlin 1908, p. 86.

[3] Pereskia bahiensis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2013 Posted by: Taylor, NP, Zappi, D. Machado, M. & Brown, P., 2013. Retrieved on 11 October, 2015.