Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus in bloom
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus is a flowering plant in the genus Ariocarpus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The epithet of the species honors Prince Vasily Kotschubei Viktorovich ( 1812-1850 ).
Description
The usually solitary growing Ariocarpus koschoubeyanus does not protrude from the soil surface. The flattened at the top, something in the middle sunken, dark olive green shoots reach diameter 3-7 cm. The spirally arranged warts are extended at the base, are broadly triangular and taper towards the top. They are 5 to 13 mm long and 3 to 10 mm wide. About the middle of the areoles extends a woolly furrow. Spines are absent.
The flowers have a diameter of 1.5 to 2.5 inches and are usually purple. However, it is known at least one population with white flowers. The sepals are green or brownish, somewhat fleshy and often two columns. The petals are lanceolate - spatulate, acuminate, obtuse or emarginate. The stamens, the style and the stigma are white. The elongated fruits are 8 to 18 millimeters long.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
The distribution area of Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus stretched from the Mexican state of Coahuila to the South to Querétaro, and includes parts of the states of Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, where it grows preferably on loamy plains.
The species was collected from 1840 Wilhelm Friedrich von Karwinsky ( 1780-1855 ) for the first time and sent to Europe. There, she described kotschoubeyanum Charles Lemaire 1842 as Anhalonium. Karl Moritz Schumann arranged the type of the genus Ariocarpus to 1898.
A synonym is nomenklatorisches Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus ( Lem. ) A.Berger (1925 ).
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus is threatened and has been included in Appendix I of CITES to protect endangered species. In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN she is described as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie Threatened classified.
Ingredients
In Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus hordenine and N- methyltyramine were detected.
Ethnobotanical use
The locals use the slime from the roots of plants as a glue for repairing pottery. The plants are also used for external treatment of wounds.