Oreocereus celsianus

Oreocereus celsianus
	Oreocereus celsianus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Oreocereus
Type :	Oreocereus celsianus
Scientific name
	Oreocereus celsianus
	( Lem. In Salm-Dyck ) Riccob.

Oreocereus celsianus is a species of the genus Oreocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet celsianus honors the French gardener Jean-François Cels (1810–1888), who, together with his brother Auguste Cels (1809–1898), was known for growing cacti and orchids.

description

Oreocereus celsianus grows with upright, columnar shoots branching from the base and reaches heights of up to 2 meters with a diameter of 8 to 12 centimeters. The shoots are densely wrapped in white hairs and thorns . There are 10 to 25 rounded and tubercular ribs . The large areoles on it are white, densely covered with thorns and covered with hairs up to 5 centimeters long. The strong, one to four central spines are up to 8 inches long, the seven to nine radial spines are up to 2 inches long.

The bright, somewhat purple-pink flowers appear near the shoot tips. They are 7 to 9 centimeters long and up to 3 centimeters in diameter. The fruits are spherical.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Oreocereus celsianus is distributed in the Bolivian departments of Chuquisaca , Potosí and Tarija as well as in the Argentine province of Jujuy in the Puna vegetation at altitudes of 2900 to 3600 meters.

It was first described as Pilocereus celsianus in 1850 by Charles Lemaire in Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dycks Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849 . Vincenzo Riccobono placed them in the genus Oreocereus in 1909 .

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

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 482-483 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 43.
↑ Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestæ additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum . Henry & Cohen, Bonn 1850, pp. 185-186 (online) .
↑ Bollettino delle R [eale] Orto Botanico di Palermo . Vol. 8, Palermo 1909, p. 259.
↑ Oreocereus celsianus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Kiesling, R. & Lowry, M., 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

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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. 43.

[2] Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestæ additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum . Henry & Cohen, Bonn 1850, pp. 185-186 (online) .

[3] Bollettino delle R [eale] Orto Botanico di Palermo . Vol. 8, Palermo 1909, p. 259.

[4] Oreocereus celsianus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Kiesling, R. & Lowry, M., 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2014.