Stenocereus stellatus
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Stenocereus stellatus is a species of Stenocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). Spanish common names are “Pitayo” and “Xoconostle”.
description
Stenocereus stellatus grows tree-like or shrubby with shoots branching from the base and reaches heights of 2 to 4 meters. A short trunk is formed. The dark green to bluish green, upright shoots have a diameter of 7 to 10 centimeters. There are eight to twelve blunt, rounded and humped ribs that are up to 2 centimeters high. The mostly three gray central spines are 2 to 6 inches long. One of them is directed downwards, the rest upwards. The seven to nine radiating, gray radial spines have a darker tip. They are shorter than the central spines.
The tubular to narrowly bell-shaped, light pink flowers appear near the tip of the shoot and open at night. They are 4.5 to 9 inches long. The spherical, green or red fruits reach a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters. The pulp is white or red.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Stenocereus stellatus is distributed in the Mexican states of Guerrero , Morelos , Puebla and Oaxaca at altitudes of 500 to 2,000 m. It was first described as Cereus stellatus in 1836 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer . Vincenzo Riccobono placed the species in the genus Stenocereus in 1909 .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
use
Stenocereus stellatus is cultivated for its edible fruits.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 604 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Pfeiffer: Description of some new cacti . In: General garden newspaper . Volume 4, number 33, 1836, p. 258, (online) .
- ↑ Bollettino delle R [eale] Orto Botanico di Palermo . Volume 8, 1909, p. 253.
- ↑ Stenocereus stellatus in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S. & Zavala-Hurtado, A., 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
further reading
- Héctor Godínez-Alvarez, Leticia Ríos-Casanova, Fabiola Pérez: Characteristics of seedling establishment of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae) in the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico . In: The Southwestern Naturalist . Volume 50, number 3, 2005, pp. 375-380, doi : 10.1894 / 0038-4909 (2005) 050 [0375: COSEOS] 2.0.CO; 2 .
- Alejandro Casas, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Alberto Rojas-Martínez, Patricia Dávila: Reproductive biology and the process of domestication of the columnar cactus Stenocereus stellatus in Central Mexico . In: American Journal of Botany . Volume 86, Number 4, 1999, pp. 534-542, (online) .
