Lemaireocereus chende (Roland-Gosselin) Britton & Rose
Publication The Cactaceae 2: 90-91, fig.133 (1920).
Basionyme Cereus chende Roland-Gosselin
"8. Lemaireocereus chende (Gosselin).
Cereus chende Gosselin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 11:506. 1905.
Cereus del moralii J.A. Purpus, Monatsschr, Kakteenk. 19:89. 1909.
Plant 5 to 7 meters high, with a short indefinite trunk, very much branched above, forming a large top; branches rather slender, ascending or erect; ribs 7 to 9, rather sharp; areoles on old branches 1.5 cm. apart, on young branches perhaps close together; radial spines usually 5, the centrals when present a little longer than the radials, brown to bright yellow, in age grayish, acicular; flowers small, about 3 to 4 cm. long including the ovary; fruit said to be deep red, very spiny.
Type locality: In the Cerro Colorado, near Tehuacán, Mexico.
Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico.
According to Roland-Gosselin, the Mexican name for this species is chende; according to J.A. Purpus, chente; and according to Dr. Rose, chinoa. Dr. Rose collected this species between Tehuacán and Esperanza in 1912 (No. 11429) and Dr. C.A. Purpus sent a living plant to Washington in 1909 from San Luis, Oaxaca, Mexico. Dr. Purpus's plant has 7 acute ribs.
Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52: f.6, as Cereus chende; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19:87, as Cereus del moralii; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: pl. 68, as Lemaireocereus mixtecensis, in error.
Figure 133 is from a photograph taken by Dr. MacDougal near Tehuacán in 1906."
chende: de l'un des noms vernaculaires de l'espèce.
Fiche créée le 09/07/2004, mise à jour le 30/12/2004.
Basionyme Cereus chende Roland-Gosselin
Synonyme de
Polaskia chende (Roland-Gosselin) A.C. Gibson & K.E. HorakCommentaires
Publication:"8. Lemaireocereus chende (Gosselin).
Cereus chende Gosselin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 11:506. 1905.
Cereus del moralii J.A. Purpus, Monatsschr, Kakteenk. 19:89. 1909.
Plant 5 to 7 meters high, with a short indefinite trunk, very much branched above, forming a large top; branches rather slender, ascending or erect; ribs 7 to 9, rather sharp; areoles on old branches 1.5 cm. apart, on young branches perhaps close together; radial spines usually 5, the centrals when present a little longer than the radials, brown to bright yellow, in age grayish, acicular; flowers small, about 3 to 4 cm. long including the ovary; fruit said to be deep red, very spiny.
Type locality: In the Cerro Colorado, near Tehuacán, Mexico.
Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico.
According to Roland-Gosselin, the Mexican name for this species is chende; according to J.A. Purpus, chente; and according to Dr. Rose, chinoa. Dr. Rose collected this species between Tehuacán and Esperanza in 1912 (No. 11429) and Dr. C.A. Purpus sent a living plant to Washington in 1909 from San Luis, Oaxaca, Mexico. Dr. Purpus's plant has 7 acute ribs.
Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52: f.6, as Cereus chende; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19:87, as Cereus del moralii; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: pl. 68, as Lemaireocereus mixtecensis, in error.
Figure 133 is from a photograph taken by Dr. MacDougal near Tehuacán in 1906."
Etymologie
Lemaireocereus: en l'honneur du botaniste français Charles Lemaire (1800-1871), cierge de Lemaire.chende: de l'un des noms vernaculaires de l'espèce.
Auteur
philippe (contacter)Fiche créée le 09/07/2004, mise à jour le 30/12/2004.
Fiches de botanistes :
Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Fiche du genre :
Lemaireocereus Britton & Rose
Synonymes :
Aucune fiche.
Espèces du même genre :
Aucune.