Sulcorebutia tarvitaensis
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Sulcorebutia tarvitaensis is a species of plant in the genus Sulcorebutia from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The species name goes back to the range of the plants around the town of Tarvita .
description
Sulcorebutia tarvitaensis grows individually and only sprouts after injury with flat spherical bodies. These reach a diameter of up to 4 centimeters (occasionally up to 7 centimeters) and stature heights of up to 2 centimeters. They have a 7 centimeter long beet root, which tapers conically downwards and merges into several fleshy strands. The areoles arranged on cusps are about 1 millimeter wide and 3 to 4 millimeters long. The thin, 18 to 20 radial spines are curved towards the body of the plant, sometimes protruding a little and become 3 to 10 millimeters long. They are black-brown to almost black in color, a little lighter on the foot. The surface of the thorns is smooth.
The roundish and reddish brown colored buds appear at the base of the plant body. The slender funnel-shaped flowers are 35 millimeters long and 30 millimeters in diameter. They are light carmine-red in color and have a few purple parts in the throat.
The fruit is a reddish brown pseudo-berry with a diameter of 5 to 6 millimeters. There are 20 to 25 seeds in the fruit.
distribution
Sulcorebutia tarvitaensis is widespread in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca in the province of Azurduy around the village of Tarvita (Villa Orías) at altitudes of 2500 to 3200 meters.
proof
- Willi Gertel, Peter Lechner: Sulcorebutia tarvitaensis (Cactaceae) - a new species from the area around Villa Orias (Bolivia) . In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 59, No. 2, 2008, pp. 29-37.