Echinocereus pentalophus
Echinocereus pentalophus
Echinocereus pentalophus is a flowering plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet pentalophus is derived from the Greek words penta five and Lophos for comb and refers to the most fünfrippigen shoots of Art trivial names are " Alicoche ", " Cardoncillo " and "Lady Finger Cactus".
Description
Echinocereus pentalophus is richly branched, low and spread out Grupen of up to 1 meter in diameter. The yellowish-green to gray- green, festfleischigen cylindrical shoots are 20 to 70 inches long and have diameters of 1-6 centimeters. There are usually three to eight sharp-edged, straight ribs are provided which are tuberculate later. The single protruding central spine, which may be absent, is yellowish to dark brown and has a length of up to 3 centimeters. The three to eight straight, whitish to yellowish spines are up to 2 inches long. The upper of them are very short.
The wide funnel-shaped flowers are bright pink to slightly pink magenta or rarely white, with a white or yellow throat. They never appear near the shoot tips are 8 to 10 inches long and can reach diameters of 10 to 15 centimeters. The egg-shaped green fruits wear brown spines and loose wool. They tear irregularly.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Echinocereus pentalophus is distributed in the United States in the south of the State of Texas and in the Mexican states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo and Querétaro.
The first description as Cereus pentalophus by Augustin- de Candolle Pyrame was published in 1828. Charles Lemaire presented the type 1868 in the genus Echinocereus. We distinguish the following sub- types:
- Echinocereus pentalophus subsp. pentalophus
- Echinocereus pentalophus subsp. leonensis ( Mathsson ) N.P.Taylor
- Echinocereus pentalophus subsp. procumbens ( Engelm. ) W.Blum & Mich.Lange
A synonym of subspecies Echinocereus pentalophus subsp. pentalophus is Echinocereus leptacanthus ( DC. ex Pfeiff. ) K.Schum. (1898, nom. Inval. ICBN Articles 36.1, 34.1).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.