Weberocereus panamensis
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Weberocereus panamensis is a species of plant in the genus Weberocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet refers to the distribution area in Panama.
description
Weberocereus panamensis grows as a hanging and shrubby epiphyte . The shoots are strongly triangular or occasionally flattened. They are 1 to 2 inches wide. The sharp edges of the shoot are indented. The small areoles on the shoots are somewhat sunk and somewhat covered by a thick scale. Thorns are usually absent. Sometimes, however, one to three short, yellowish thorns are formed.
The white flowers are 4 to 7 inches long and appear near the shoot tips. Its tuberous pericarpellet is covered with scales and long white hair . The red, tuberous fruits have a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters. Their flesh is purple in color.
Distribution and systematics
Weberocereus panamensis is common in Panama .
The first description was in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . A synonym is Weberocereus biolleyi subsp. panamensis (Britton & Rose) Doweld (2002)
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 642 .
Individual evidence
- ^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape II . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1920, p. 215 ( online ).
