Disocactus flagelliformis
Disocactus flagelliformis
Disocactus flagelliformis is a species of the genus Disocactus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet flagelliformis means, whip, scourge, shrouded shape '. Spanish common names are "Flor de Latigo ", " Floricuerno ", " Junco ", " Junquillo " and " Nopalillo ".
Description
Disocactus flagelliformis growing creeping and / or suspended. The shoots are slender and round in cross section of a gray-green color. They are up to 1 meter long and are only 1.2 to 2 inches in diameter in size. You have 8 to 13 low ribs. The closely set areoles are equipped with 15 to 20 fine, reddish - yellow thorns. The red to purple- pink - colored flowers reach a size of 5 to 8 centimeters in length and 2.5 to 4 inches in diameter. They appear laterally and are bent upward and slightly zygomorphic. The fruits are red, globose to bristly and 1 centimeters in diameter.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Disocactus flagelliformis is common in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Veracruz and comes at altitudes above 2000 m before.
The first description was in 1753 as Cactus flagelliformis by Carl Linnaeus. Wilhelm Barthlott set the type 1991 Disocactus.
Synonyms are described in the following ways and varieties: Cactus flagelliformis L. (1753 ), Cereus flagelliformis (L.) Miller ( 1768), Aporocactus flagelliformis (L.) Lem. (1860 ), Cereus leptophis DC. (1828 ), cereus var flagelliformis leptophis ( DC.) K. Schum. (1897 ), Aporocactus leptophis ( DC.) Britton & Rose (1909 ), Aporocactus flagelliformis var leptophis ( DC.) PVHeath (1992 ), Cereus flagelliformis Zucc. (1836 ), and Aporocactus flagelliformis ( Zucc. ) Lem. (1860 ).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN is the species as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie out to be low risk.