Leptocereus grantianus
Leptocereus grantianus
Leptocereus grantianus is a flowering plant in the genus Leptocereus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet honors grantianus the U.S. Major Chapman Grant and zoologists.
Description
Leptocereus grantianus growing shrubby with ascending, erect branches and reaches stature heights of up to 1.5 meters. The cylindrical segmented shoots reach diameter of 3 to 5 centimeters. There are three to five low ribs present, which are notched striking. The one to three not long persistent spines are black and only 1 millimeter long.
The stalk dish-shaped cream flowers appear in terminal areoles and open at night. They are 3 to 6 inches long. Your Perikarpell and the corolla tube are occupied with scales and a few black spines. The spherical fruit have a diameter of up to up to 4 inches long.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Leptocereus grantianus is endemic spread on the island of Puerto Rico belonging to Culebra.
The first description was in 1933 by Nathaniel Lord Britton. A synonym is Neoabbottia grantiana ( Britton ) Buxb. ( 1966).
Leptocereus grantianus is listed in the U.S. Endangered Species Act as endangered. In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Critically Endangered (CR ) ', ie threatened with extinction than out. In the only known population just less than 50 individual plants are present.