Echinomastus intertextus

Echinomastus intertextus
	Echinomastus intertextus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Echinomastus
Type :	Echinomastus intertextus
Scientific name
	Echinomastus intertextus
	( Engelm. ) Britton & Rose

Echinomastus intertextus is a species of plant in the genus Echinomastus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). English common names are "Chihuahua Pineapple Cactus", "Early Bloomer Cactus", "Interlacing Spine Cactus" and "White-Flowered Viznagita".

description

Echinomastus intertextus grows individually with spherical to somewhat cylindrical shoots covered by the thorns , which reach heights of 5 to 15 centimeters with a diameter of 4 to 7.5 centimeters. There are 11 to 13 ribs , which are clearly divided into 6 to 9 millimeter long cusps . The 4 central spines , elliptical in cross-section, are slightly pink or grayish in color and 1.2 to 4 centimeters long. The top three of them are directed upwards. The 13 to 25 spread, only slightly curved radial spines are whitish and 0.9 to 2 inches long.

The broad, funnel-shaped, pink or slightly pinkish-white flowers are 2 to 3 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 2.5 to 3 centimeters. The green fruits are spherical.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Echinomastus intertextus is common in the United States in the states of Arizona , New Mexico, and Texas, and in the Mexican states of Sonora , Chihuahua, and Coahuila .

It was first described as Echinocactus intertextus in 1856 by George Engelmann . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Echinomastus in 1922 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Thelocactus intertextus (Engelm.) WTMarshall (1947), Neolloydia intertexta (Engelm.) LDBenson (1969), Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) NPTaylor (1987) and Pediocactus intertextus (Engelm.) Halda (1998).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 213-214 .

Individual evidence

^ Georg Engelmann: Synopsis of the Cactacem of the Territory of the United States and Adjacent Regions . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 3, 1856, p. 277, online .
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 149 .
↑ Sclerocactus intertextus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Heil, K., Terry, M. & Corral-Díaz, R., 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

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[1] Georg Engelmann: Synopsis of the Cactacem of the Territory of the United States and Adjacent Regions . In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 3, 1856, p. 277, online .

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 149 .

[3] Sclerocactus intertextus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Heil, K., Terry, M. & Corral-Díaz, R., 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2013.