Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus
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Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus is a species of plant in the genus Pilosocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet flavipulvinatus means 'with yellow pads'.
description
Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus grows tree-like with a distinct trunk, is not very branched and reaches heights of 2 to 8 meters. The upright to crooked shoots , often leaning against the surrounding vegetation, are olive green, glaucous at the tip and have a diameter of 3 to 9.5 centimeters. There are 6 to 9 ribs with crooked transverse furrows. The areoles on rounded protrusions are yellowish tomentose. The translucent, ascending thorns are light yellow at first and turn gray later. Of the 3 to 5 protruding and 1.5 to 3 centimeters long central spines, the lowest is the longest. The spread out 12 to 15 radial spines are 5 to 14 millimeters long. Part of the shoots capable of flowering is not pronounced.
The funnel-shaped flowers appear on 2 to 4 ribs near the tip of the shoot. They are 5.8 to 6 inches long and 3.5 to 3.7 inches in diameter. The depressed spherical fruits have a diameter of 3 to 3.5 centimeters, tear at the sides and contain a magenta-colored pulp.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus is distributed in Brazil in the border area of the states of Piauí and Maranhão and in the northeast of the state of Tocantins at altitudes of 120 to 200 meters, where it grows in the dense caatinga vegetation.
The first description as Pseudopilocereus flavipulvinatus was published in 1979 by Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining and Arnold J. Brederoo (1917-1999). Friedrich Ritter placed them in the genus Pilosocereus in 1980 .
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. 539 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Succulenta . Volume 58, 1979, pp. 137-138.
- ↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 2, 1980, p. 707.
- ↑ Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Zappi, D. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2014.