Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
Pachycereus pecten - aboriginum
Pachycereus pecten - aboriginum is a species of the genus Pachycereus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). Foreign language common names are " Chik ", " Etcho " and " Hecho ". The specific epithet pecten - aboriginum means crest of the natives '.
Description
Pachycereus pecten - aboriginum growing tree shaped, richly branched and reaches a height of up to 8 meters. There are trained strains of up to 2 meters in diameter. The deep green, upright and columnar shoots are often crinkled cross. They have diameters of 9-13 inches. There are 10 to 12 ribs present, which are slightly rounded. The one to three greyish central spines have a darker tip and are up 1-3 inches long. The eight to nine spines are up to 1 centimeter and grayish. The terminal Pseudocephalium consists of reddish brown wool and up to 6 inches long bristles.
The white flowers are 7-9 inches long. They open at night and remain open until the next day. Your Perikarpell and the corolla tube are occupied very dense with soft, reddish brown hair. Bristles are not or only few available. The dry fruits reach diameter of 6 to 7.5 centimeters and are shrouded by yellow wool and bristles.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Pachycereus pecten - aboriginum is widely used in Mexico along the coast of the Pacific Ocean from the south east of the state of Baja California, Sinaloa and Sonora over to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca. The first description as Cereus pecten - aboriginum was made in 1886 by Sereno Watson. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose they put 1909 in the genus Pachycereus.
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.