Epiphyllum anguliger
Epiphyllum anguliger flower
Epiphyllum anguliger is a flowering plant in the genus Epiphyllum from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet means anguliger, corners, angles leader '.
Description
Epiphyllum anguliger grows with basal cylindrical or triangular main shoots and lance-shaped side shoots. The slightly fleshy, green side shoots are flattened except for their base. They are up to 1 meter long and 4-8 inches wide. Your midrib is prominent and quite stiff. The margins are broad serrated and deeply lobed. The areoles sometimes carry 1-2 small bristles.
The fragrant flowers are 15 to 18 inches long and can reach 10 to 13 centimeters in diameter. The outer bracts are lemon or golden yellow, the inner bracts are pure white. The fruits resemble gooseberries.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Epiphyllum is anguliger used in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nayarit and Oaxaca at elevations from 1100 to 1800 meters.
The first description as Phyllocactus anguliger by Charles Lemaire was published in 1851. George Don put the type in 1855 in the genus Epiphyllum.
A synonym is, among other things Phyllocactus darrahi K.Schum. (1903 ).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.