Pereskia aureiflora
Pereskia aureiflora is a flowering plant in the genus Pereskia from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet aureiflora means goldgelbstachelig '. Portuguese common names are " Faco " and " Ora Pro Nobis de Mata ".
Description
Pereskia aureiflora growing tree -shaped to bushy with upright to overhanging branches and trunks of up to 20 centimeters in diameter. It reaches heights of growth of up to 6 meters. The different sized and shaped leaves are petiolate, obovate to elliptical. The leaf blade is up to 11 inches long and 2-3 inches wide. The fiederigen leaf veins have 3-7 side branches. The central rib protrudes at the bottom. The up to 3 spines on the areoles of the branches that can also missing are 1 to 3 inches long. From the areoles of the main shoots spring up to 35 to 1 to 3 inches long thorns.
The yellow, single terminal flower are clearly stalked and reach a diameter of 4 centimeters. Your bloom are laid out to bend back. The spherical fruits are reddish -green to brownish at maturity and have diameters of 1-2 centimeters.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Pereskia aureiflora is widespread in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Bahia at altitudes of 300 to 700 meters. The first description was in 1979 by Friedrich Ritter.
Pereskia aureiflora is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, endangered classified.