Epiphyllum thomasianum

Epiphyllum thomasianum
	Epiphyllum thomasianum; Plate 41 from 1903 from Blooming Cacti
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Epiphyllum
Type :	Epiphyllum thomasianum
Scientific name
	Epiphyllum thomasianum
	( K.Schum. ) Britton & Rose

Epiphyllum thomasianum is a species of plant in the genus Epiphyllum from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Epiphyllum thomasianum grows bushy and upwards and reaches a height of up to 4 meters. The upright, bent over or hanging main shoots are at the base for 30 centimeters rotating, angular or winged, flattened above. The flattened part is 8 to 75 inches long and 8 to 12.5 inches wide. The green lanceolate to elliptical side shoots appear from the lower part of the main shoots. They appear in 2 to 6 rows, are round at the base, flattened above. Their edges are notched. The woolly areoles can have long hair.

The saucer- to funnel-shaped, cream-colored flowers appear from the flattened parts of the side shoots and are 28 to 34 centimeters long. The egg-shaped to elongated, smooth fruits are red or more or less purple-red.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Epiphyllum thomasianum is distributed in southern Mexico as well as in Guatemala and Nicaragua at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters. The first description as Phyllocactus thomasianus was published in 1895 by Karl Moritz Schumann . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Epiphyllum in 1913 .

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. 252 .

Individual evidence

↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 5, 1895, p. 6.
^ Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 16, 1913, p. 259, (online) .
↑ Epiphyllum thomasianum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Monthly for cactus science . Volume 5, 1895, p. 6.

[2] Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 16, 1913, p. 259, (online) .

[3] Epiphyllum thomasianum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2014.