Tacinga inamoena
Tacinga inamonena cv.Marlons Dwarf
Tacinga inamoena is a species of the genus Tacinga in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). Portuguese common names are " Quipa ", " Guiba ", " Palmatória ", " Palmatória Miuda ", " Iviro ", " Gogóia " and " Palma de Ovelha ".
Description
Tacinga inamoena growing shrubby, creeping, is richly branched and reaches stature heights of up to 50 centimeters and 3.5 meters in diameter. The shoots are divided into light green to gray-green, circular to obovate or oblong segments, which are usually flattened significantly. The segments are up to 16 inches long, 9 inches wide and up to 3.5 inches thick. Their surface is sometimes slightly tuberculate. The small, gray to yellow areolae are covered with very small, sunken glochids. Spines are absent.
The red or orange, wide-open flowers are up to 5.5 inches long and can reach a diameter of 4 centimeters. Your bloom are laid out, the Perikarpell spherical. The spherical fruits are dark brown, yellow or orange and are covered with a few glochids. They are up to 4 inches long and contain many seeds.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Tacinga inamoena is widespread in eastern Brazil on rocks or stony ground in the Caatinga and Campo Rupestre vegetation at altitude 100-1550 meters.
The first description as Opuntia inamoena in 1890 by Karl Moritz Schumann. Nigel Paul Taylor and Wolfgang Hermann Stuppy they made in 2002 in the genus Tacinga. We distinguish the following sub- types:
- Tacinga inamoena subsp. inamoena
- Tacinga inamoena subsp. subcylindrica
Tacinga inamoena is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as "Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, not compromised classified.