Stenocereus laevigatus
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Stenocereus laevigatus is a species of plant in the genus Stenocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Stenocereus laevigatus grows like a tree with numerous branched shoots and reaches heights of 5 to 7 meters. A distinct trunk is formed. The upright, narrow columnar shoots are green to gray-green. There are eight to ten rounded and wavy ribs . The single central spine is grayish. The also grayish, radiating eight radial spines are up to 1 centimeter long.
The narrow, funnel-shaped, white flowers open at night and stay open until the next morning. They are up to 8 inches long. Nothing is known about the fruit .
Distribution and systematics
Stenocereus laevigatus is common in the Mexican state of Chiapas and possibly in Guatemala . It was first described as Cereus laevigatus in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck . Franz Buxbaum placed the species in the genus Stenocereus in 1961 .
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 603 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae . 1850, p. 204.
- ↑ Botanical Studies . Volume 12, Jena 1961, p. 100.