Cephalocereus euphorbioides

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Cephalocereus euphorbioides
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cephalocereus
Species:
C. euphorbioides
Binomial name
Cephalocereus euphorbioides
(Haw.) Britton & Rose
Neobuxbaumia euphorbioides range.svg
Synonyms
  • Cactus euphorbioides(Haw.) Spreng. 1825
  • Carnegiea euphorbioides(Haw.) Backeb. 1944
  • Cereus euphorbioidesHaw. 1819
  • Lemaireocereus euphorbioides(Haw.) Werderm. 1934
  • Neobuxbaumia euphorbioides(Haw.) Buxb. 1954
  • Pilocereus euphorbioides(Haw.) Rümpler 1885
  • Rooksbya euphorbioides(Haw.) Backeb. 1960
  • Carnegiea euphorbioides var. olfersii(Salm-Dyck) P.V.Heath 1992
  • Cereus olfersiiSalm-Dyck 1834
  • Cereus oxygonusSalm-Dyck 1846
  • Neodawsonia euphorbioides var. olfersii(Salm-Dyck) Backeb. 1960
  • Rooksbya euphorbioides var. olfersii(Salm-Dyck) Backeb. 1960

Cephalocereus euphorbioides is a species of Cephalocereus from Mexico.

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Description

Cephalocereus euphorbioides grows with rarely branching green shoots 3 to 5 meters tall and 10 to 11 centimeters in diameter. The 8 to 10 noticeable ribs are clearly wavy. The thorns are only upright in the flower zone and are otherwise more or less horizontal. The single, strong central spine is dark brown and up to 3 centimeters long. The 7 to 9 straight, light gray marginal spines have a darker tip and are 5 to 12 millimeters long.

The narrow, bell-shaped flowers usually appear in large numbers near the tips of the shoots. They are reddish pink, 5 to 8 centimeters long and reach 7 centimeters in diameter. Its pericarpel and floral tube are covered with small tubercles with nectar glands and small scales. The green fruits are up to 8 centimeters long. [2]

Distribution

Cephalocereus euphorbioides is distributed in the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí and Veracruz at elevations between 300 and 600 meters in dry forest. There are two disjunct populations one near Mante, Tamaulipas and the other near Jalapa, Veracruz. [3]

Taxonomy

The first description as Cereus euphorbioides was in 1819 by Adrian Hardy Haworth. [4] The specific epithet euphorbioides is derived from the Greek word -oides for 'similar' and the genus 'Euphorbia'. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed the species in the genus Cephalocereus in 1920. Further nomenclature synonyms are Cactus euphorbioides (Haw.) Spreng. (1825), Pilocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Rümpler (1886), Lemaireocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Werderm. (1934), Carnegiea euphorbioides (Haw.) Backeb. (1944), Neobuxbaumia euphorbioides (Haw.) Buxb. (1954), Neodawsonia euphorbioides (Haw.) Buxb. (1957) and Rooksbya euphorbioides (Haw.) Backeb. (1960). [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Biología, Héctor Hernández (Instituto de; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist (2009-04-28). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 438. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ↑ "Cephalocereus euphorbioides". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-08-08. Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
  4. ↑ Haworth, A.H. (1819). Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum: Sistens Plantas Novas Vel Nuper Introductas, Sive Omissas, in Synopse Plantarum Succulentarum, Cum Observationibus Variis Anglicania (in Latin). Impensis J. Harding. p. 75. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
  5. ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
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