Quiabentia verticillata
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Quiabentia verticillata is a species of the genus Quiabentia in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet verticillata means '(Latin verticillatus) whorled, whorled'.
description
Quiabentia verticillata grows tree-like or shrubby and reaches heights of 2 to 15 meters. Their 4 to 5 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide leaves are oval to lanceolate. The shoots are covered with several thorns up to 7 centimeters long .
The light red flowers are 1.5 centimeters long.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Quiabentia verticillata is distributed in Paraguay , Bolivia and northeast Argentina in dry forests at altitudes of 350 to 2000 meters. It was first described as Pereskia verticillata in 1923 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel . Curt Backeberg placed them in the genus Quiabentia in 1936 .
Synonyms are Pereskia Pflanzenii Vaupel , Quiabentia Pflanzii (Vaupel) Vaupel , Quiabentia chacoensis Backeb. , Quiabentia chacoensis var. Jujuyensis Backeb. and Quiabentia pereziensis Backeb.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The development of the populations is considered stable.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 557 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal of Succulents . 1923, p. 55.
- ^ Curt Backeberg, Frederic Marcus Knuth: Cactus ABC . Copenhagen 1936, p. 100.
- ↑ Quiabentia verticillata in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Oakley, L. & Pin, A., 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
