Echinocereus acifer
| Echinocereus acifer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Echinocereus |
| Species: | E. acifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinocereus acifer ((Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Jacobi | |
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Echinocereus acifer is a species of Echinocereus found in Mexico[1]
Description[edit]
The plant sprouts from the base, forming small cushions of 5 to 8 stems. The dark green, cylindrical plant body grows to a height of 10 to 40 cm and a diameter of 5 to 10 cm. It has 9 to 12 heavily warty, tuberous ribs. The tomentose areoles on new shoots are 1 to 1.5 cm apart and about 3 mm in diameter. The thorns are yellow to reddish-brown, later turning gray, with up to 5 central spines surrounded by 10 to 15 radiating marginal spines.
Buds emerge from a woolly white pad with reddish-brown bristles. The funnel-shaped flowers are red on the outside and yellow on the inside, rarely crooked, and measure 8 to 12 cm long with a diameter of up to 10 cm. Unlike the monoecious flowers of Echinocereus polyacanthus, the flowers of Echinocereus acifer are hermaphroditic and self-pollinating. The stamens are yellow, and the stigma is green to light green. The oval fruits remain greenish, measuring 2 cm in diameter and 3 cm in length.[2]
Distribution[edit]
Echinocereus acifer is found in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Durango, typically growing in rocky forest areas, moss, or rock crevices.
Taxonomy[edit]
First described as Cereus acifer in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, Georg Albano von Jacobi reclassified it into the genus Echinocereus in 1856.[3] The specific epithet acifer comes from the Latin words "acus" (needle) and "-fer" (bearing), referring to the plant's thorniness.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Haage". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ Haage, Walther (2008). Kakteen von A bis Z (in German). Köln: Anaconda. p. 120. ISBN 978-3-86647-260-0.
- ^ Salm-Reifferscheidt, Joseph (1850). "Cactæ in Horto Dyckensi cultæ anno 1849". Henry & Cohen. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64574. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1856). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
External links[edit]
Media related to Echinocereus acifer at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Echinocereus acifer at Wikispecies
