Stenocereus alamosensis

Stenocereus alamo sensis

Stenocereus alamo sensis is a species of the genus Stenocereus in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet alamo sensis means the locality Alamos in Mexico '. Spanish common names are " Cina ", " Nacido ", " Sina" and " tasajo ".

Description

Stenocereus alamo sensis growing shrubby with often curved, columnar, bluish green shoots of up to 8 inches in diameter and reaches stature heights of 2 to 4 feet. There are five to eight, light bogige ribs present, which are up to 1 cm high. The one to four, strong, upstanding, whitish central spines are up to 4.5 inches long. The eleven to 18 radial spines are also whitish and have a length from 1.3 to 2.2 centimeter.

The tubular, red flowers open during the day. They are 7 to 10 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 2 to 3 centimeters. Your bracts are reflexed. The spherical, red fruits are at maturity mostly bare. They have a perennial flowers radical and reach a diameter of 3 to 4.5 cm.

Distribution, systematics and hazard

Stenocereus alamo sensis is common in the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa in altitude 0-800 m.

The first description as Cereus alamo sensis took place in 1896 by John Merle Coulter. Arthur Charles Gibson and Karl E. Horak they put 1979 in the genus Stenocereus. A synonym is, among other Cereus sonorensis Runge ex K.Schum. (1901 ).

In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, performed as endangered.

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