Schlumbergera kautskyi
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Schlumbergera kautskyi is a species of plant in the genus Schlumbergera from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Schlumbergera kautskyi grows lithophytically with very variable shoot sections . The trimmed, shiny dark green shoot sections are 2.2 to 4 inches long and 1.4 to 2.5 inches wide. Their edges are serrated two to three times slightly to sharp on each side. In each notch there is a compound areole that is covered with brown wool and short bristles.
The zygomorphic flowers stand at a uniform angle and are slightly ascending. They are cyclamen purple, grow up to 5 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 2.7 centimeters. The square pericarpel is reddish green. The square fruits are yellow-green when ripe.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Schlumbergera kautskyi is common in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo at altitudes of 900 to 1300 meters. The first description as a subspecies Schlumbergera truncata subsp. kautskyi was published in 1991 by John F. Horobin and AJS McMillan . Nigel Paul Taylor (* 1956) elevated it to the rank of a species in the same year.
Schlumbergera Kautskyi is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. classified as endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 579 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Epiphytes. Newsletter of the Epiphytic Plant Study Group . Volume 15, No. 57, p. 8, 1991
- ↑ Bradleya . Volume 9, p. 90, 1991
- ↑ Schlumbergera kautskyi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009 Posted by: Taylor, NP, 2002. Retrieved on January 6 of 2010.