Pilosocereus royenii
Pilosocereus royenii
Pilosocereus royenii is a flowering plant in the genus Pilosocereus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Pilosocereus royenii growing tree structure with an often very pronounced strain as well as at the base or branched above, erect or sometimes ascending, rich, blue-green stems 7-9 cm in diameter and reaches stature heights from 2 up to 8 meters. There are 6 to 11 ribs available. The yellowish to reddish spines are designed differently. The 1-6 central spines are 3.2 to 6 inches long. The approximately 9 radial spines are 1.9 to 2.6 inches long. The flowering size of the drives is not pronounced. It includes long at the top or side 1-3 ribs of their areolae, white hair spring.
The more or less rose -colored flowers up to 5 cm long and have diameters of 3 to 4 centimeters. The depressed spherical fruits contain a white pulp.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Pilosocereus royenii is common on the Mexican peninsula of Yucatan, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the most common species of cacti in the Caribbean.
The first description was in 1753 as Cactus royenii published by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum. Ronald Stewart Byles and Gordon Douglas Rowley they put 1957 in the genus Pilosocereus. A synonym is Cephalocereus royeni (L.) Britton & Rose.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.