Schlumbergera kautskyi
Schlumbergera kautskyi is a flowering plant in the genus Schlumbergera from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Schlumbergera kautskyi grows lithophytic with very variable drive sections. The clipped, glossy dark green shoot sections are 2.2 to 4 inches long and 1.4 to 2.5 inches wide. Their edges are serrated mild to sharp two to three times on each side. In each notch terminal sits a composite areola is covered with brown wool and short bristles.
The zygomorphic flowers are from a single angle and are easy in ascending order. You are zyklamenpurpurfarben, up to 5 inches long and can reach a diameter of 2.7 centimeters. The four -edged Perikarpell is reddish green. The four-sided fruits are green when ripe.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Schlumbergera kautskyi is common in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo at altitudes from 900 to 1300 meters. The first description as a subgenus Schlumbergera truncata subsp. kautskyi was published by John F. Horobin and AJS McMillan 1991. Nigel Paul Taylor ( born 1956 ) in the same year she rose to the rank of a kind
Schlumbergera kautskyi is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as ' Endangered ( EN )', ie endangered classified.