Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus
Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus is a species of the genus Micranthocereus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus grows with a columnar bluish engines and reaches stature heights of up to 2 meters. The drive has a diameter of up to 8 cm. There are about 30 something gehöckerte ribs available. The oval areolae are covered with bright brown wool. The 6-8 straight, upstanding central spines are yellowish, greyish in old age and are up to 2.5 inches long. The numerous radial spines are 4-7 millimeters long. The cephalium is long and 65 centimeters wide and 35 centimeters. It consists of a white to off-white wool of up to 4 inches in length and bright red to dark red, to 5 inches long bristles.
The cylindrical, light lilac to pink or orange pink flowers open at night. They are long and 2.5 inches and have a diameter of 1.1 centimeters. The berry-like, bright pink fruit are 1.8 inches long and have a diameter of 1.4 to 1.6 centimeters.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus is the Brazilian state of Bahia widespread in the area of Bom Jesus de Lapa. The first description as Austrocephalocereus dolichospermaticus was published in 1974 by Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining and Arnold J. Brederoo ( 1917-1999 ). Friedrich Ritter they put 1979 in the genus Micranthocereus.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN 2002 was the species as "Data Deficient ( DD)", ie out with no sufficient data. In 2013, the species as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie classified as low risk.