Echinopsis mamillosa
Echinopsis mamillosa
Echinopsis mamillosa is a species of the genus Echinopsis in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet mamillosa comes from the Latin, means with warts ' and refers to the shoots.
Description
Echinopsis mamillosa grows individually. The flattened spherical to short cylindrical, glossy dark green shoots reach a diameter of 8 inches and a height of up to 30 centimeters. There are 13 to 17 sharp, clear gehöckerte ribs present, which are separated by deep furrows. The located on them areolae are circular and are up to 1.2 inches apart. The springing from them straight or curved spines are yellowish and have a brown tip. The one to four central spines up to 1 cm long. The eight to twelve pfriemlichen spines have a length of 0.5 to 1 centimeter on.
The funnel-shaped flowers appear and slightly bent near the apex impulse. They are white or - Echinopsis kermesina - purple. The flowers are 13 to 18 inches long and have diameters of up to 8 centimeters. The fruits are spherical.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Echinopsis mamillosa is common in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca and Tarija at altitudes of 1,500 to 3,000 meters.
The first description was published in 1907 by Max Gürke. A synonym is Echinopsis marnmillosa hort. (without year, nom. inval. ICBN article 61.1 ).
Subspecies
We distinguish the following sub- types:
- Echinopsis mamillosa subsp. mamillosa
- Echinopsis mamillosa subsp. sylvatica ( F.Ritter ) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Echinopsis mamillosa subsp. mamillosa The subspecies is in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca and Tarija at altitudes of 1,500 to 3,000 meters. The shoots are rarely higher than 6 inches. There are 17 ribs present and the thorns are bent slightly.
The following taxa were included as a synonym in the subspecies: Echinopsis mamillosa var bermejoensis noise, Echinopsis marnillosa subulata var noise (without year, nom inval ICBN article 29.1.. ) (Without year, nom inval ICBN - Artikel29.1. . ), Echirtopsis orozasana F.Ritter (without year, nom. inval. ICBN article 29.1), Echinopsis ritteni Boed. (1932 ), Echinopsis mamillosa var ritteri ( Boed. ) F.Ritter (1965 ), Pseudolobivia kermesina Krainz (1942 ), Echinopsis kermesina ( Krainz ) Krainz (1961 ), Echinopsis manzillosa var kermesina ( Krainz ) H.Friedrich (1971 ), Echinopsis herbasii Cárdenas (1956 ), Echinopsis roseolilacina Cárdenas (1957 ), Echinopsis mantillosa var orozasana F.Ritter (1965 ), Pseudolobivia orozasana ( F.Ritter ) Backeb. (1966 ), Echinopsis mamillosa var tamboensis F.Ritter (1965 ), Echinopsis tamboensis ( F.Ritter ) hort. (without year, nom. inval. ICBN article 29.1), Echinopsis mamillosa flexilis var Rausch ( 1977) and Echinopsis kermesina cylindrica var Y.Itô (1981, nom. inval. ICBN article 37.1).
Echinopsis mamillosa subsp. sylvatica The first description as Echinopsis sylvatica by Friedrich Ritter was published in 1965. Pierre Joseph Braun and Eddie Esteves Pereira set the style in 1995 as a subspecies of Echinopsis mamillosa. Echinopsis mamillosa subsp. sylvatica is common in the Bolivian department of Tarija in the province of Burnet O'Connor. The shoots are up to 30 centimeters high. There are 13 to 16 ribs present and the thorns are mostly straight.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.