Parodia mammulosa
Parodia mammulosa
Parodia mammulosa is a species of the genus Parodia in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet mammulosa is the diminutive of the Latin word mum, meaning wart ' and refers to the warty shoots of Art
Description
Parodia mammulosa grows individually. The shiny light green to dark green, spherical to short cylindrical shoots reach stature heights of up to 8 inches and diameter of 5 to 13 centimeters. Sometimes the shoots are almost completely obscured by the interwoven spines. The 13 to 24 vertical ribs are divided into distinct, large showy pointed cusp with a chin -like projection. The areoles are located between the bumps. The one to four (or more) straight and strong central spines are white to gray or brown. They have a length of up to 2 centimeters ( often up to 4 cm) to. One of the central spine is sometimes flattened. The central spines are not easily distinguishable from the six to 30 radial spines. The whitish spines are usually acicular and 0.5 to 1 inches long.
The pale to golden yellow flowers, often they are bright pink, reach lengths of 3.5 to 5.5 centimeters. Your Perikarpell and the corolla tube is short and wide. They are occupied with dense wool and a few dark bristles. The scar is purple. The spherical and thin-walled fruits are elongated tube-like at maturity. They contain bell-shaped to helmet-shaped, mattbaune seeds that are finely tuberculate and have a distinctive, korkiges hilum.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Parodia mammulosa is common in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay and Argentina.
The first description as Echinocactus mammulosus by Charles Lemaire was published in 1838 .. Nigel Paul Taylor presented the type 1987 in the genus Parodia. Further nomenclatural synonyms are Malacocarpus mammulosus ( Lem. ) Britton & Rose (1922, incorrect name ICBN article 11.4), Notocactus mammulosus ( Lem. ) A.Berger (1929) and Ritterocactus mammulosus ( Lem. ) Doweld (1999).
We distinguish the following sub- types:
- Parodia mammulosa subsp. mammulosa
- Parodia mammulosa subsp. brasiliensis ( Havlicek ) Hofacker
- Parodia mammulosa subsp. erythracantha ( H.Schloss. & Brederoo ) Hofacker
- Parodia mammulosa subsp. eugeniae ( Vliet ) Hofacker
- Parodia mammulosa subsp. submammulosa ( Lem. ) Hofacker
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.