Stenocereus eichlamii
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Stenocereus eichlamii is a species of Stenocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). Spanish common names are "Guanocal", "Órgano", "Pitahaya" and "Tuna". The epithet honors the German collector Friedrich Eichlam .
description
Stenocereus eichlamii grows tree-like with branching, upright shoots and reaches heights of up to 6 meters. The shoots often have a transverse banding that shows the end of the annual increase in length. There are eight to ten broad and rounded ribs . The four to six thorns cannot be divided into central and radial spines. They are up to 2 inches long. One of them is arranged more in the middle and stands out.
The funnel-shaped, white flowers are 6 to 7 inches long and open at night. The probably ellipsoidal fruits are reddish, have thorns and are up to 7 centimeters long. They contain a white pulp .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Stenocereus eichlamii is common in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Yucatán as well as in Guatemala . It was first described as Lemaireocereus eichlamii in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . Helia Bravo Hollis placed the species in the genus Stenocereus in 1978 .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 600-601 .
Individual evidence
- ^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 89 .
- ↑ Las Cactáceas de México . 2nd edition, Volume 1, 1978, p. 585.
- ↑ Stenocereus eichlamii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S., Durán, R., Hammel, B., Tapia, JL, Hernández, HM & Véliz, M., 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
further reading
- Peter W. Wendelken, Robert F. Martin: Avian Consumption of the Fruit of the Cacti Stenocereus eichlamii and Pilosocereus maxonii in Guatemala . In: American Midland Naturalist . Volume 119, Number 2, 1988, pp. 235-243, JSTOR 2425806 .