Melocactus conoideus
Melocactus conoid
Melocactus conoid is a species of the genus Melocactus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The epithet of the species derives from the Greek noun " κώνος " ( konos ) for cone and means cone-like.
Description
Melocactus conoid grows with strong niedergedrücken spherical to hemispherical bodies that reach heights of growth of up to 10 centimeters in diameter and up to 17 centimeters. There are 11 to 14 very low and rounded ribs available. From the dark brown and gray drowned thorns are some bent or hooked in seedlings. The single central spines is 2 to 2.2 inches long. The 8 to 11 radial spines are straight to slightly curved and up to 3.5 inches long. The cephalium formed from abundant white wool and dark red bristles up to 4 inches high and reached a diameter of 7.5 centimeters.
The purple flowers are up to 2.2 inches long and can reach a diameter of 1 centimeter. The inversely club-shaped fruits are more or less pink magenta and reach a length of 1.8 centimeters. The flesh is white.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Melocactus conoid is widespread in the southeast of the Brazilian state of Bahia. The first description was in 1974 by Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining and Arnold J. Brederoo.
Melocactus conoid be listed in Annex I of the CITES Convention. In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN she is known as " Critically Endangered (CR ) ', ie classified threatened with extinction.