Lepismium ianthothele

Lepismium ianthothele
	Lepismium ianthothele
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Rhipsalideae
Genre :	Lepismium
Type :	Lepismium ianthothele
Scientific name
	Lepismium ianthothele
	( Monv. ) Barthlott

Lepismium ianthothele from Picture and Description of Blooming Cacteen 1843

Lepismium ianthothele is a species of the genus Lepismium in the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet ianthothele means' (Greek ianthos) violet, (Greek thele) warts; with purple warts'.

description

Lepismium ianthothele grows epiphytically or lithophytically shrubby with weak, spreading or hanging, moderately branched, 30 to 60 centimeters long shoots . The mostly square, sometimes triangular, light green shoot segments have a diameter of 1.5 to 2 centimeters. Their edges are humped. The areoles have six to seven bristle-like thorns 4 to 5 millimeters long.

The white, yellowish or occasionally slightly pink flowers appear laterally or sometimes terminally. They are 2 to 2.4 inches long. Your pericarpel is covered with bristles. The spherical fruits are purple-pink in color.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Lepismium ianthothele is distributed in southeastern Bolivia in the departments of Cochabamba , Chuquisaca , Santa Cruz and Tarija and in northwestern Argentina in the provinces of Jujuy , Salta , Tucumán and Catamarca at altitudes of 500 to 2000 meters.

It was first described as Cereus ianthothele in 1839 by Hippolyte Boissel de Monville . Wilhelm Barthlott placed Art in 1987 in the genus Lepismium . Nomenclatory synonyms are Pfeiffera ianthothele (Monv.) FACWeber (1898) and Rhipsalis ianthothele (Monv.) K.Brandegee (1902).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 352 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 115.
↑ Mélanges. Cactées nouvelles . In: L'Horticulteur Universel, Journal Général des Jardiniers et Amateurs . Volume 1, Paris 1839, pp. 218-219 (online) .
^ Wilhelm Barthlott: New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 99.
↑ Pfeiffera ianthothele in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 115.

[2] Mélanges. Cactées nouvelles . In: L'Horticulteur Universel, Journal Général des Jardiniers et Amateurs . Volume 1, Paris 1839, pp. 218-219 (online) .

[3] Wilhelm Barthlott: New names in Rhipsalidinae (Cactaceae) . In: Bradleya . Volume 5, 1987, p. 99.

[4] Pfeiffera ianthothele in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Lowry, M., 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2014.