Pilosocereus magnificus

Pilosocereus magnificus
	Pilosocereus magnificus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cereeae
Genre :	Pilosocereus
Type :	Pilosocereus magnificus
Scientific name
	Pilosocereus magnificus
	( Buining & Brederoo ) F. Knight

Pilosocereus magnificus is a species of plant in the genus Pilosocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet magnificus means 'magnificent'. A common name is "Facheiro".

description

Pilosocereus magnificus grows bushy to tree-shaped, can develop a clear trunk and reaches heights of 1.5 to 5 meters. The upright, smooth, light blue shoots are overgrown, slightly woody and have a diameter of 4 to 7.5 centimeters. There are 5 to 12 ribs with clearly visible transverse furrows only near the tip of the shoot. The translucent golden yellow to brown thorns are bristle-like. The 8 protruding central spines are up to 1.5 centimeters long. The approximately 16 ascending radial spines are up to 10 millimeters long. The flowering part of the shoots is only weakly developed. The flowering areoles are scattered in groups of 3 to 6 along the shoots, but mostly in the lower and middle part. There white hairs arise from the areoles.

The narrow, gradually widening flowers are up to 6 centimeters long and 2.3 centimeters in diameter. The depressed spherical fruits have a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters, tear along several longitudinal cracks and contain a magenta-colored pulp.

Systematics, distribution and threat

Pilosocereus magnificus is distributed in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais at altitudes of 250 to 800 meters. The first description as Pseudopilocereus magnificus was published in 1972 by Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining and Arnold J. Brederoo (1917-1999). Friedrich Ritter placed them in the genus Pilosocereus in 1979 .

Pilosocereus magnificus was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Near Threatened (NT) , d". H. low risk, classified. In 2013 the species was named " Endangered (EN) ". H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 542 .

Individual evidence

^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 44, p. 66, Los Angeles 1972
↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 1, p. 83, 1979
↑ Pilosocereus magnificus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Zappi, D. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 44, p. 66, Los Angeles 1972

[2] Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 1, p. 83, 1979

[3] Pilosocereus magnificus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Zappi, D. & Taylor, NP, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014.