Facheiroa
Facheiroa is a genus of flowering plants of the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the word " Facheiro " from some cactus be designated by the Brazil.
Description
The species of the genus Facheiroa grow shrubby or tree-like, are highly branched, have a short stem and reach stature heights of up to 5 meters. The shoots are ascending, cylindrical and have 12 to 25 ( rarely more) narrow ribs with variable thorns. The bristly cephalium is sunk or superficial.
The tubular flowers are covered with imbricated scales, and open into the night. Your flower cups and the flowers are abundant tube filled with hair.
The fleshy, spherical, semi- transparent, non- aufreißenden fruits are green to brown or purple. They contain a juicy pulp. The small to medium-sized seeds are ovoid, semi dull and brown to black-brown.
Systematics and distribution
The species of the genus Facheiroa are common in the Northeast of Brazil.
The first plants were discovered in October 1917 by Leo tithables in the Serra de Chique - Chique Cannabrava in the district of Bahia. The first description of the genus with the then single type Facheiroa publiflora, the type species of the genus, by Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1920 and Joseph Nelson Rose. The genus Zehntnerella simultaneously described by them is now a synonym for genus Facheiroa.
Belong to the genus of the following types:
- Facheiroa cephaliomelana Buining & Brederoo Facheiroa cephaliomelana subsp. cephaliomelana
- Facheiroa cephaliomelana subsp. estevesii
- Facheiroa squamosa subsp. squamosa
- Facheiroa squamosa subsp. polygona