Turbinicarpus alonsoi

Turbinicarpus alonsoi
	Turbinicarpus alonsoi
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Turbinicarpus
Type :	Turbinicarpus alonsoi
Scientific name
	Turbinicarpus alonsoi
	Glass & S.Arias

Distribution area

Turbinicarpus alonsoi , Xichu, GTO.

Turbinicarpus alonsoi is a species of plant in the genus Turbinicarpus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Mexican explorer Alonso Garcia Luna.

description

Turbinicarpus alonsoi grows individually with spherical bodies 6 to 9 centimeters in diameter and a not very pronounced taproot . The flattened, triangular bumps are up to 1.5 inches long and 1.3 inches wide. The resulting 3 to 5 flattened, cardboard-like thorns are gray with a darker tip. They are up to 2 inches long.

The magenta flowers are 2.5 to 3.8 centimeters long and 2 to 3 centimeters in diameter. The reddish to dark purple fruits are 1 centimeter long and reach a diameter of 0.5 centimeters.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Turbinicarpus alonsoi is widespread in the Mexican state of Guanajuato . The first description was in 1996 by Charles Edward Glass (1934-1998) and Salvador Arias Montes .

Turbinicarpus alonsoi is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species . In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is it as " Critically Endangered (CR) , d". H. classified critically endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 628-629 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 7.
↑ Cacti and other succulents . Volume 47, No. 2, 25-27, 1996
↑ Turbinicarpus alonsoi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009. Posted by Fitz Maurice, WA & Fitz Maurice, B., 2002. Retrieved on January 11 of 2010.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 7.

[2] Cacti and other succulents . Volume 47, No. 2, 25-27, 1996

[3] Turbinicarpus alonsoi in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009. Posted by Fitz Maurice, WA & Fitz Maurice, B., 2002. Retrieved on January 11 of 2010.