Weberocereus biolleyi
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Weberocereus biolleyi is a species of plant in the genus Weberocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Swiss teacher and naturalist Paul A. Biolley (1862–1908).
description
Weberocereus biolleyi is a richly branched epiphyte and grows shrubby, creeping or climbing. The very long and slender, drooping shoots are brownish red. They are round or blunt-edged, up to 80 centimeters long and have a diameter of 7 to 15 millimeters. The small areoles on it are several centimeters apart. Thorns are usually not formed. There are rarely one to three fine ones.
The bell-shaped flowers are yellowish green to reddish brown on the outside and light pink on the inside. The outer bracts are fleshy. The pericarpel is covered with white thorns. The almost spherical, pink fruits do not smell. They have a diameter of 2.2 centimeters and a length of up to 2.5 centimeters. Their flesh is purple in color.
Distribution and systematics
Weberocereus biolleyi is distributed in Costa Rica in the provinces of Alajuela , Heredia and Limón and in Panama in the provinces of Bocas del Toro , Colón , Panamá and possibly Darién from sea level to altitudes of up to 750 meters (rarely up to 1600 meters).
It was first described as Rhipsalis biolleyi in 1902 by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in the genus Weberocereus in 1909 . Nomenclatory synonyms are Cereus biolleyi (FACWeber) K.Schum. (1903) and Weberocereus tunilla subsp. biolleyi (FACWeber) Ralf Bauer (2003).
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 641 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 26.
- ↑ Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle . Volume 8, Paris 1902, p. 467, (online) .
- ^ The Genus Cereus and its Allies in North America . In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, Number 10, 1909, p. 431, (online) .
