Tacinga braunii
Tacinga braunii is a species of the genus Tacinga in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). Portuguese common names are " Rabo de Rato ", " Cipó de Espinho " and " Rabo de Espinho ."
Description
Tacinga braunii grows spread out to leaning climbing, branched only slightly and reaches stature heights of 1.5 meters. The gray-green to reddish- green, slightly flattened shoots are somewhat divided into segments. The bare segments are up to 30 centimeters long and 3.5 centimeters wide. The present thereon light brown areolae are covered with tiny, white glochids. Spines are absent.
The bright greenish- white flowers are 8 to 10 inches long. The small urn -shaped fruits are greenish and up to 4 inches long. They contain 3-4 seeds.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Tacinga braunii is widespread in northeastern Brazil on inselbergs in the Caatinga vegetation at altitude 170-350 meters.
The first description was in 1989 by Eddie Esteves Pereira.
Tacinga is braunii in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, compromised classified.