Micranthocereus violaciflorus
Micranthocereus violaciflorus is a species of the genus Micranthocereus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Micranthocereus violaciflorus grows little or no branching with almost completely covered with fine spines shoots and reaches stature heights of 1 meter. The shoots have a diameter of up to 4 centimeters. There are 11 to 16 sharp ribs available. The oval areolae are covered with whitish to brownish hair. The single central spine is up to 2.5 inches long. The up to 25 (or more) off-white to light brown spines are spread out or protrude and are often located on the shoots on. The cephalium consists of dense white to reddish brown wool and bristles.
The tubular bluish purple flowers are up to 2.3 inches long. The urn -shaped fruits are greenish red and 1 to 1.1 centimeters in length and diameter.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Micranthocereus violaciflorus is there Diamantina spread in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in the Chapada. The first description was in 1969 by Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining.
Micranthocereus violaciflorus was in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, compromised classified. In 2013, the species is considered " Endangered ( EN ) ', ie performed as endangered.