Leocereus
Leocereus bahiensis
Leocereus bahiensis is the only species of the monotypic genus Leocereus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The botanical name of the genus honors Antônio Pacheco Leão (1872-1931), a director of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro. The epithet refers to the the type locality, the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Description
The upright or achieved something lengthwise and sprawling, slightly branched Leocereus bahiensis stature heights of up to 3 meters. His olive-green, cylindrical, slender shoots are woody, up to 2 meters in length and capable diameter between 1 and 2.5 inches. The 10 to 19 ribs are rounded, dull and low. The circular areoles are 4-7 millimeters apart. The 8 to 16 slender, needle-like spines are yellowish to dark brown.
The white, tubular flowers are 40-57 mm long, have a diameter of 20 to 25 millimeters, and open into the night. They will appear in the vicinity of the apex. The green, scaly flower cups has pale, up to 4 mm long spines in the axils. The up to 12 mm long flower tube is covered with green and dark hair and bristles.
The red, not aufreißenden fruits are spherical to oblong and are 23 to 31 millimeters long with a diameter from 19 to 32 millimeters. The shiny black seeds are 1.3 to 1.8 millimeters long.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
The distribution area of Leocereus bahiensis ranges, at an altitude 550-1500 meters, from the north of the Brazilian state of Bahia to Minas Gerais. The first description of the genus and the still remaining single species in 1920 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.