Weberbauer ocereus rauhii

Weberbauer ocereus rauhii
	Weberbauer ocereus rauhii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Weberbauerocereus
Type :	Weberbauer ocereus rauhii
Scientific name
	Weberbauer ocereus rauhii
	Backeb.

Weberbauerocereus rauhii is a species of plant from the genus Weberbauerocereus in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet rauhii honors the German botanist Werner Rauh .

description

Weberbauer ocereus rauhii grows shrubby to tree-shaped with candelabra-like, upright shoots , which are 8 to 15 centimeters in diameter and reach heights of up to 6 meters. A short trunk is formed. There are about 23 ribs . The areoles on it are gray. The up to six, very strong, yellow central spines have a darker tip and are 6 to 7 centimeters long. The numerous whitish gray radial spines are up to 1 centimeter long. There are long bristles in the flowering area.

The somewhat zygomorphic, slightly fragrant flowers open at night and are up to 10 centimeters long. Your purple-brown tube is densely scaled. The outer bracts are reddish brown, the inner white to pink or pinkish brown. The fruits are brownish red to orange and reach a diameter of up to 3 centimeters. They are trimmed with white wool.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Weberbauer ocereus rauhii is distributed in the Peruvian regions of Huancavelica , Ayacucho , Arequipa and Ica at altitudes of 500 to 2500 meters.

The first description by Curt Backeberg was published in 1957. A synonym is Haageocereus rauhii (Backeb.) PVHeath .

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

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 640 .
Friedrich Ritter : Cacti in South America - results of my 20 years of field research . tape 4 Peru. Friedrich-Ritter-Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1981, p. 1352 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 200.
↑ Descriptiones Cactearum Novarum . 1957, p. 27.
↑ Weberbauerocereus rauhii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Cáceres, F., 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 200.

[2] Descriptiones Cactearum Novarum . 1957, p. 27.

[3] Weberbauerocereus rauhii in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Cáceres, F., 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2014.