Browningia chlorocarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Browningia
Species:
B. chlorocarpa
Binomial name
Browningia chlorocarpa
(Kunth) W.T.Marshall
Synonyms
  • Cactus chlorocarpus Kunth
  • Cereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) DC.
  • Gymnanthocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb.
  • Lemaireocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Borg
  • Seticereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb.

Browningia chlorocarpa is a species of Browningia found in Peru.

Description

Browningia chlorocarpa grows tree-shaped, reaches heights of 1.5 meters or more and forms a dense crown that sits on a short trunk. The richly branched shoots are dull green. There are nine to ten ribs, which are divided into low cusps. Brownish to blackish thorns arise from the brownish areoles on them, which turn gray with age. The one to four central spines of unequal length are arranged crosswise, strongly palate and 3 to 6 centimeters long. The eight to ten radiating marginal spines are up to 1 centimeter long.

The flowers are reddish orange. [2]

Distribution

Browningia chlorocarpa is widespread in the border area of the Peruvian regions of Piura and Cajamarca near Huancabamba.

Taxonomy

The first description as Cactus chlorocarpus was made in 1823 by Karl Sigismund Kunth.[3] The specific epithet chlorocarpa is derived from the Greek words chloros for 'green' and karpos for 'fruit'. William Taylor Marshall placed the species in the genus Browningia in 1945.[4] Further nomenclature synonyms are Cereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) DC. (1828), Seticereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb. (1931), Gymnanthocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb. (1937) and Lemaireocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Borg (1951).

References

  1. ↑ Assessment), Jose Roque (Global Cactus (2011-05-03). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 96. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ↑ Bonpland, Aimé; Humboldt, Alexander von; Kunth, Karl Sigismund (1815). Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt /descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt ; ex schedis autographis Amati Bonplandi in ordinem digessit Carol. Sigismund. Kunth ... Antverpiae: Ex officina Christophori Plantini. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.640.
  4. ↑ "Cactus and Succulent Journal 1945-08: Vol 17 Iss 8 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
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