Sulcorebutia tiraquensis

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Sulcorebutia tiraquensis
Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var.renatae VZ 288

Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Renatae VZ 288

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Trichocereeae
Genre : Sulcorebutia
Type : Sulcorebutia tiraquensis
Scientific name
Sulcorebutia tiraquensis
( Cárdenas ) F. Knight

Sulcorebutia tiraquensis is a species of plant in the genus Sulcorebutia from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Sulcorebutia tiraquensis grows individually and only rarely sprouts with flat spherical bodies. With diameters of up to 15 centimeters, these reach heights of up to 12 centimeters and have a barely pronounced or even missing beet root. The thorns can hardly be divided into central and radial spines. The very different 15 to 30 thorns are 0.5 to 3.5 centimeters long.

The light to dark purple or orange-red to red flowers are up to 3 centimeters long and have a diameter of up to 3.5 centimeters. The fruits are olive green to brown and have a diameter of 5 to 6 millimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Sulcorebutia tiraquensis is widespread in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba at altitudes of 2500 to 3200 meters.

The first description as Rebutia tiraquensis was published in 1957 by Martín Cárdenas (1899–1973). Friedrich Ritter placed them in the genus Sulcorebutia in 1961 . A synonym is Weingartia tiraquensis (Cárdenas) FHBrandt .

The following subspecies and varieties are distinguished:

  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis subsp. tiraquensis
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis subsp. krahnii (intoxication) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Tiraquensis
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Aguilarii K.Augustin & Gertel
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Augustinii (Hentzschel) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Australis (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Laui (Brederoo & Donald) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Lepida (F.Ritter) K.Augustin & Gertel
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Longiseta (Cárdenas) Donald
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Oenantha (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Renatae Hentzschel & S. Beck
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. Totorensis (Cárdenas) K. Augustin & Gertel

proof

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cactus; Organe de l'Association Francaise de Cactus et Plantes Grasses . No. 57, p. 257, Paris 1957
  2. ↑ National Cactus and Succulent Journal Volume 16, no. 4, 1961, p 81
  3. ↑ Willi Gertel, Wolfgang Latin: Sulkorebutien - gems from Bolivia, special edition of the German Cactus Society, Pforzheim, 2010, page 62 ff.

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