Selenicereus nelsonii

Selenicereus nelsonii
	Selenicereus nelsonii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Selenicereus
Type :	Selenicereus nelsonii
Scientific name
	Selenicereus nelsonii
	( Weing. ) Britton & Rose

Selenicereus nelsonii is a species of plant in the genus Selenicereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Selenicereus nelsonii grows liana-like with richly branched shoots 1 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter from which aerial roots occasionally arise. Their 6 to 7 low ribs are slightly tubercular. The 10 to 12 spread, needle-like thorns are white to yellow and 5 to 7 millimeters long.

The white flowers are up to 20 centimeters long. Your pericarpel and tube are covered with tiny scales, white wool and white bristles. The spherical, reddish fruits have a diameter of 2 to 2.5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Selenicereus nelsonii is widespread in southern Mexico - probably in the state of Chiapas . The first description as Cereus nelsonii was published in 1923 by Wilhelm Weingart (1856-1936). Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Selenicereus in the same year .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 591 .

Individual evidence

^ Journal of Succulents . Volume 1, 1923, p. 33
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 283-284 .
↑ Selenicereus nelsonii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S., Ishiki, M. & Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Journal of Succulents . Volume 1, 1923, p. 33

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 283-284 .

[3] Selenicereus nelsonii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S., Ishiki, M. & Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.