Weberocereus frohningiorum

Weberocereus frohningiorum
	Weberocereus frohningiorum
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Weberocereus
Type :	Weberocereus frohningiorum
Scientific name
	Weberocereus frohningiorum
	Ralf Bauer

Weberocereus frohningiorum is a species of plant in the genus Weberocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet honors the German cactus lovers Hans and Uta Frohning from Türkheim.

description

Weberocereus frohningiorum growing epiphytic , initially upright and bushy with a majority from the base branching stems and later suspended. The up to 1 meter and more long and up to 7 centimeters wide, flat shoots are divided into 20 to 30 centimeter long sections due to the annual growth. The three, rarely only two, wing-like ribs are inconspicuously notched. The felty areoles on the shoots are somewhat hidden by the support scale. There are five to 14 needle-like, yellow-brown to brown, stinging thorns that are 1 to 1.2 centimeters, rarely 0.5 to 1.4 centimeters long. In addition, 18 to 32 fine, white, hair-like thorns with a length of 1 to 4 centimeters are formed.

Flower bud

The tubular to funnel-shaped flowers are 5.5 to 6 centimeters long and 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter. Your flower tube is greenish. The outer bracts are fleshy and (dark) pink, the inner ones white. The slightly tuberous pericarpel is covered with a few scales. It is bald or has a little hair . The oval, yellow and only slightly humped fruits have a length of up to 3 centimeters and a diameter of 2 centimeters. Their pulp is white.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Weberocereus frohningiorum is common in the lowlands of Costa Rica south of San José .

It was first described in 2001 by Ralf Bauer .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 641-642 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 88.
↑ Ralf Bauer: A new species from Costa Rica: Weberocereus frohningiorum Ralf Bauer spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 52, Number 9, 2001, pp. 225-230.
↑ Weberocereus frohningiorum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2014.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 88.

[2] Ralf Bauer: A new species from Costa Rica: Weberocereus frohningiorum Ralf Bauer spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 52, Number 9, 2001, pp. 225-230.

[3] Weberocereus frohningiorum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2014.