Harrisia bonplandii
Harrisia bonplandii
Harrisia bonplandii is a flowering plant in the genus Harrisia from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet honors bonplandii the French naturalist Aimé Bonpland.
Description
Harrisia bonplandii grows spreizklimmend to leaning - climbing. The shoots have diameters of up to 5 centimeters, and are up to 2.5 meters long. They are three to four edged with flat side surfaces. Their edges are sharp and wavy. The single strong central spine is up to 2.5 inches long. The four to five spines reach a length of 4 to 5 millimeters.
The flowers reach a length of 20 to 25 centimeters. Your Perikarpell and the corolla tube are virtually without wool, but studded with large scales. The spherical, red fruits are strongly tuberculate and edible. They have diameters of 4 to 4.5 cm.
Distribution and systematics
Harrisia bonplandii is common in the southwest of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and northeastern Argentina in the Chaco vegetation.
The first description was in 1837 as Cereus bonplandii by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose set the style in 1920 in the genus Harrisia. Nomenclatural synonyms are Eriocereus bonplandii ( J.Parm. & Pfeiff. ) Riccob. (1909 ) and Harrisia pomanensis subsp. bonplandii ( J.Parm. & Pfeiff. ) PJBraun & Esteves (1994, incorrect name ICBN article 11.4).