Echinocereus berlandieri
Echinocereus berlandieri
Echinocereus berlandieri is a flowering plant in the genus Echinocereus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet berlandieri honors a native of Belgium plant collector Jean Louis Berlandier ( 1805-1851 ).
Description
Echinocereus berlandieri vieltriebig grows and forms groups of up to 1 meter in diameter. The dark green to purple- green something cylindrical, tapered back to their base instincts are decumbent or have upright spikes. They are from 5 to 60 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 1.5 to 3 centimeters. There are five to seven, barely hinted gehöckerte ribs available. The one to three strong, outward -looking, yellowish to dark brown central spines have a length of 2.5 to 5 centimeters. The six to nine whitish spines are 1 to 2.5 inches long.
The wide funnel- shaped flowers are pink to reddish purple and appear below the shoot tips. They are 7 to 8 centimeters long and reach a diameter of up to 7 cm. The egg-shaped, green fruits are 2 to 2.5 inches long. The present thereon thorns fall off.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Echinocereus berlandieri is distributed in the United States in the south of the state of Texas as well as in the neighboring Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas at altitudes up to 600 meters.
The first description as Cereus berlandieri by George Engelmann was published in 1856. Friedrich Adolph Haage made the way in 1859 to the genus Echinocereus. A synonym is nomenklatorisches Echinocereus berlandieri var blanckii ( Engelm. ) Backeb. ( 1960).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.