Austrocylindropuntia subulata
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Genus: | Austrocylindropuntia |
Species: | A. subulata |
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Austrocylindropuntia subulata | |
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Austrocylindropuntia subulata is a species of cactus native to the Peruvian Andes.
The name subulata comes from the Latin subulate, for awl-like, referring to the shape of the rudimentary leaves.[3] It has the common names "Eve's pin" and "Eve's needle."
Description
Austrocylindropuntia subulata can reach heights up to 4 meters, with numerous branches. The elongated, slightly brittle branches are up to 50 centimeters long. The stems are marked by rhomboid to ovate bumps in a few spiral rows. At the tip of each bump is the areole, from which grow one to four straight, grayish-white spines up to 8 centimeters long. The awl-like rudimentary leaves are up to 12 centimeters long.
Flowers are up to 6 centimeters long. The long, warty hypanthium is covered by rudimentary leaves up to 2 centimeters long. The fruit are ovoid or club-like and sometimes thorny. They are up to 10 centimeters long.
Classification
The first description as Pereskia subulata took place in 1845 by Friedrich Mühlenpfordt.[4] Curt Backeberg classified it in the genus Austrocylindropuntia in 1942.[5]
References
- ↑ Cáceres, F. & Roque, J. (2013). "Austrocylindropuntia subulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T152809A681071. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3, S. 233.
- ↑ F. Mühlenpfordt: Einige neue Cacteen. In: Allgemeine Gartenzeitung. Band 13, Nummer 44, 1845, S. 347 (online).
- ↑ Cactaceae. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft 1941. 1942, S. 12.
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