Echinocereus schmollii

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Echinocereus schmollii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. schmollii
Binomial name
Echinocereus schmollii
Synonyms
  • Cereus schmolliiWeing. 1931
  • Wilcoxia schmollii(Weing.) Backeb. 1935
  • Wilcoxia nerispinaA.Cartier 1980
  • Wilcoxia schmollii var. lanataA.Cartier 1980

Echinocereus schmollii is a species of cactus native to Mexico. [2]

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Description

Echinocereus schmollii typically grows solitary with cylindrical, purple to blackish shoots up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long and 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter. [3] The roots are slightly thickened. [3] The plant has nine to ten rounded, tuberculated ribs and up to 35 pink hair-like thorns that create a woolly appearance, which turn white or darker and can be up to 7 mm (0.28 in) long. [3]

The bright pink, funnel-shaped flowers appear near the tips of the shoots, measuring 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long and up to 6 cm (2.4 in) in diameter. [3] The juicy, egg-shaped to spherical fruits are slightly purple-green. [3]

Distribution

Echinocereus schmollii is found in the Mexican state of Querétaro growing in the Chihuahuan Desert at elevations around 1,660 to 1,890 m (5,450 to 6,200 ft). It is found growing along with Astrophytum caput-medusae . [4]

Taxonomy

First described as Cereus schmollii in 1931 by Wilhelm Weingart, the specific epithet honors German artist and cactus collector Ferdinand Schmoll. Nigel Paul Taylor reclassified it to the genus Echinocereus in 1985. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Sánchez , E.; Guadalupe Martínez, J.; Bárcenas Luna, R. (2013). "Echinocereus schmollii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T152749A673849. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T152749A673849.en .
  2. ↑ "Echinocereus schmollii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 208. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  4. ↑ "Echinocereus schmollii". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-06-30. Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Nigel P. (1985). The Genus Echinocereus. Timber Press. p. 140. ISBN   0-88192-052-5.
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