Tephrocactus molinensis

Tephrocactus molinensis
	Tephrocactus molinensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Tephrocacteae
Genre :	Tephrocactus
Type :	Tephrocactus molinensis
Scientific name
	Tephrocactus molinensis
	( Speg. ) Backeb.

Tephrocactus molinensis is a species of plant in the genus Tephrocactus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Tephrocactus molinensis grows in small groups of 25 centimeters in diameter, which are often partially covered with sand, and reaches heights of up to 10 centimeters. The slightly sloping, red-brownish, spherical to briefly egg-shaped shoot segments are humped. They are 2.5 to 4 centimeters long and 1.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter. The humps are only indistinctly developed. There are 20 to 25 evenly distributed areoles per shoot segment , which are quite large. There are no thorns . The reddish or greyish and only rarely almost white glochids are in clear clusters and are surrounded by a hair ring.

The more or less pink-white flowers have darker central stripes. They are up to 3 centimeters long and reach the same diameter. Your pericarpel is covered with areoles, which are covered with wool. The thin-walled fruits are dry.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Tephrocactus molinensis is distributed in northern Argentina on sandy soils at altitudes of 1600 to 2600 meters. It was first described as Opuntia molinensis in 1923 by Carlos Luis Spegazzini . In 1953 Curt Backeberg placed them in the genus Tephrocactus .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The development of the populations is considered stable.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 619 .

Individual evidence

^ Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina . Volume 96, 1923, p. 63.
↑ Cactus . Volume 8, number 38, Paris 1953, p. 249.
↑ Tephrocactus molinensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Ortega-Baes, P. & Kiesling, R., 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Tephrocactus molinensis - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Gerhard Killesreiter: Tephrocactus molinensis on site

[1] Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina . Volume 96, 1923, p. 63.

[2] Cactus . Volume 8, number 38, Paris 1953, p. 249.

[3] Tephrocactus molinensis in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Ortega-Baes, P. & Kiesling, R., 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2015.