Tacinga palmadora
Tacinga palma dora is a species of the genus Tacinga in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). Portuguese common name among other " Palmatória ", " Palma de Espinho ", " Quipa de Espinho ", " Palmatória de Quipa ", " Rabo de Onça ".
Description
Tacinga palma dora grows erect shrubby, branched dense or open and usually remains low, but also achieved growth heights of up to 5 meters. Often a clear, strong bedornter strain of up to 9 inches in diameter is formed. The shoots are divided into narrow oblong, thin, slightly bumpy segments. The segments are 10 to 16 cm long and 3-8 cm wide. The located on the shoots white areolae are covered with brown glochids. There are 1-4 (rarely to 6) yellow, to 3 inches long spines present, which are whitish in old age.
The flowers are brick red to bright red. Your bracts are erect to slightly spread. The Perikarpell is top-shaped. The gyro- shaped to obovate fruits are greenish to reddish or purple. They are 4-5 inches long and contain 3-5 seeds.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Tacinga palma dora is widespread in northeastern Brazil on sandy or stony ground in the Caatinga vegetation at altitudes of 200 to 1000 meters.
The first description as Opuntia palma dora was Nathaniel Lord Britton and 1919 by Joseph Nelson Rose. Nigel Paul Taylor and Wolfgang Hermann Stuppy they made in 2002 in the genus Tacinga.
Tacinga palma dora is on the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as "Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, not compromised classified.