Weberocereus trichophorus

Weberocereus trichophorus
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Weberocereus
Type :	Weberocereus trichophorus
Scientific name
	Weberocereus trichophorus
	H. Johnson & Kimnach

Weberocereus trichophorus is a species of plant in the genus Weberocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet is derived from the Greek words trichos for 'hair' and phoros for 'bearing' and refers to the frizzy, hair-like thorns on the shoots.

description

Weberocereus trichophorus grows epiphytically with climbing or hanging, laterally and irregularly branching shoots , which develop numerous aerial roots . The older shoot parts are round, younger ones slightly pentagonal. The shoots are strong, green and have a diameter of 8 to 12 millimeters. The shoot margins are inconspicuously humped. The areoles on the shoots are about 1 centimeter apart. There are 10 to 20 stiff, rather strong, yellow thorns that are 3 to 12 millimeters long. In addition, 30 to 40 curly hair-like thorns 5 to 20 millimeters long are formed.

The bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, pink to slightly purple-colored, pungent smelling flowers appear individually. They are 5.5 to 6 inches long and can reach a diameter of up to 3.5 inches. Your tuberous pericarpel is covered with scales, wool and 15 to 18 hair-like thorns. The elongated, somewhat pinkish-white to magenta-colored or somewhat purple-red fruits are up to 3 centimeters long. Their flesh is purple in color.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Weberocereus trichophorus is widespread in Costa Rica in the Limón province at low altitudes.

It was first described in 1963 by Joseph Harry Johnson (1894–1987) and Myron William Kimnach (* 1922).

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

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 642-643 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 243.
^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 35, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1963, pp. 203-205.
↑ Weberocereus trichophorus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Hammel, B., 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2014.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 243.

[2] Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 35, Number 6, Cactus and Succulent Society of America, 1963, pp. 203-205.

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