Parodia buiningii
Parodia buiningii
Parodia buiningii is a species of the genus Parodia in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet honors the Dutch buiningii cacti lovers and specialists in Brazilian cacti Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining.
Description
Parodia buiningii grows individually. The grass-green depressed spherical impulses reach stature heights of up to 8 inches and diameter of 12 centimeters. The apex impulse is not woolly. The approximately 16 thin and somewhat gehöckerten ribs are high up to 2 inches. The elongated located on them, at first woolly areoles are bare and later sunk under the bumps. The four standing crosswise yellow thorns have a darker base. They have lengths of 2 to 3 centimeters.
The yellow flowers reach diameter of 8 cm and lengths of up to 7 cm. Your Perikarpell is staffed with brown wool and needle-like bristles. The scar is red. The hairy fruits are up to 3 inches long. The fruits contain matt black seeds, which are tuberculate.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Parodia buiningii is common in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in Santana do Livramento and in Uruguay in the department of Rivera.
The first description as Notocactus buiningii by Franz Buxbaum was published in 1968. Nigel Paul Taylor presented the type 1987 in the genus Parodia. A synonym is nomenklatorisches Ritterocactus buiningii ( Buxb. ) Doweld (1999).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Critically Endangered (CR ) ', ie threatened with extinction than out.