Pilosocereus azulensis

Pilosocereus azulensis
	Pilosocereus azulensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Pilosocereus
Type :	Pilosocereus azulensis
Scientific name
	Pilosocereus azulensis
	NPTaylor & Zappi

Pilosocereus azulensis is a species of plant in the genus Pilosocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet indicates the type location in the Pedra Azul National Park.

description

Pilosocereus azulensis grows tree-like or shrubby, branches above the base and reaches heights of up to 10 meters. The smooth, olive-green to blue- green shoots have a diameter of 8 to 9.5 centimeters. There are 6 to 12 ribs, sometimes with transverse furrows. The areoles on it are 5 to 7 millimeters apart. The opaque, slender thorns are yellowish brown. The 1 to 11 ascending to protruding central spines are 0.5 to 4 centimeters long. The 8 to 12 radial spines are 3 to 13 millimeters long. A part of the shoots capable of flowering is hardly pronounced. The flowering areoles are located on 1 to 3 ribs at the tip of the shoots or immediately below. White to gray hairs up to 3 centimeters long arise from them.

The wide-opening flowers are light green on the outside. They are 5.5 to 6.7 inches long and 4.7 to 7 inches in diameter. The depressed spherical fruits reach a diameter of 4.2 to 6 centimeters, tear open laterally and contain a magenta-colored pulp.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Pilosocereus azulensis is distributed in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the Municipio Pedra Azul . The first description was published in 1997 by Nigel Paul Taylor and Daniela Cristina Zappi (* 1965).

Pilosocereus azulensis is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. critically endangered, classified.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 536-537 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 19.
↑ Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Volume 3, p. 8, 1997
↑ Pilosocereus azulensis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on December 29 of 2009.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 19.

[2] Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Volume 3, p. 8, 1997

[3] Pilosocereus azulensis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on December 29 of 2009.