Sulcorebutia mentosa
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Sulcorebutia mentosa is a species of plant in the genus Sulcorebutia from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Sulcorebutia mentosa grows singly, but mostly sprouting and forming groups, with flattened spherical to spherical fresh green bodies. These reach a diameter of up to 6 centimeters and have a beet root that is up to 15 centimeters long. The roughly 20 ribs are arranged in a spiral shape and divided into clear humps with a chin-like protrusion. The areoles on it are elongated and white. The thorns emerging from them are reddish brown to black or whitish to yellowish. There are 2 to 5 central spines 5 to 8 millimeters long. The 10 to 30 radial spines are arranged in a comb and 3 to 25 millimeters long.
The purple or rarely white flowers are up to 3 centimeters long and have a diameter of up to 3.5 centimeters. The spherical fruits are brown and 7 to 10 millimeters in diameter.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Sulcorebutia mentosa is distributed in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba in the province of Narciso Campero at altitudes of 2300 to 2800 meters.
The first description was published in 1964 by Friedrich Ritter . Synonyms are Weingartia mentosa (F.Ritter) FHBrandt and Rebutia mentosa (F.Ritter) Donald .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 611-612 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Succulenta . Volume 43, 1964, p. 102.
- ↑ Rebutia mentosa in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Lowry, M. & Carr, J., 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
