Princess of the night

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Princess of the night
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Princess of the night ( Selenicereus pteranthus )

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Hylocereeae
Genre : Selenicereus
Type : Princess of the night
Scientific name
Selenicereus pteranthus
( Link ex A.Dietr. ) Britton & Rose

The princess of the night ( Selenicereus pteranthus ) is a species of plant in the genus Selenicereus from the cactus family (Cactaceae). The specific epithet pteranthus is derived from the Greek words pteron for 'wing', 'feather' and anthos for 'flower' and refers to the feather-like appearance of the flower caused by the spread out narrow outer bracts. A Spanish common name is "Reina de la Noche".

description

Selenicereus pteranthus grows epiphytically with spread to drooping shoots. The strong blue-green to slightly purple-colored shoots are strongly square to hexagonal and reach a diameter of 2.5 to 5 centimeters. The white woolen areoles are 2 to 2.5 centimeters apart. The resulting one to five hard, conical thorns are 1 to 3 millimeters long.

The slender flowers reach a diameter of 25 to 30 centimeters and have a strong scent. Their outer bracts are more or less purple-brown, the inner ones are white or light cream-colored. The pericarpel and the corolla are covered with numerous scales and white hairs. The spherical red fruits have a diameter of 6 to 7 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Selenicereus pteranthus is found in the United States in southeast Florida , the Mexican states of Chiapas , Oaxaca , Quintana Roo , San Luis Potosí , Tabasco , Tamaulipas, and Veracruz , the Bahamas , Cuba , Haiti , the Cayman Islands, and possibly in Honduras widespread in the Comayagua department in low elevations.

The first description as Cereus pteranthus by Albert Gottfried Dietrich was published in 1834. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Selenicereus in 1909 .

Synonyms include Cereus brevispinulus Salm-Dyck (1834), Cereus nycticalus Link (1834, nom. Illeg. ICBN article 52.1) and Cereus boeckmannii Otto ex Salm-Dyck (1850).

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 .
  • Selenicereus pteranthus (Link and Otto) Britton and Rose. In: NL Britton , JN Rose The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . Volume II, Washington 1920, pp. 200-201 (online) .
  • Selenicereus pteranthus (Lk. & O.) Br. & R. In: Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. Volume II, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1983, ISBN 3-437-30381-3 , p. 784ff.
  • Walther Haage : cacti from A to Z . 3rd edition, Quelle & Meyer Verlag, Heidelberg 1986, ISBN 3-494-01142-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 193.
  2. ↑ Albert Dietrich: Description of the Cereus pteranthus Link, or Cereus brevispinus Salm-Dyck . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 2, Number 27, 1834, pp. 209-210 (online) .
  3. ^ Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose: The Genus Cereus and its Allies in North America . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, p. 431, (online) .
  4. ^ Salm-Dyck: Index plantarum succulentarum in horto Dyckensi cultarum . Aachen 1834, p. 339
  5. ^ A. Dietrich: Description of the Cereus nycticalus Link . In: Negotiations of the Association for the Promotion of Horticulture in the Royal Prussian States . Volume 10, 1834, pp. 372-375 (online) .
  6. ↑ Salm-Dyck: Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestæ additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum . Henry & Cohen, Bonn 1850, p. 217.
  7. ↑ Selenicereus pteranthus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S. & Durán, R., 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.

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