Acanthocereus subinermis Britton & Rose 1920
Publication The Cactaceae 2: 125, pl. 16 (1920).
Type : Rose 11304, Mexique, Oaxaca, entre Mitla et Oaxaca, 6 septembre 1908, conservé dans le United States National Herbarium du Smithsonian Institution (US : holotype).
"4. Acanthocereus subinermis sp. nov.
Plants 1 meter high or higher; joints stout, 5 to 7 cm. broad, strongly 3 or 4-angled, brightgreen, somewhat shining, usually short; areoles 3 to 4 cm. apart; spines either wanting or short, whenpresent 6 to 10 at an areole, acicular, usually less than 1.5 cm. long; flowers various in size, 15 to 22cm. long; outer perianth-segments narrow, reddish, acute; inner perianth-segments white; areoles ofovary and flower-tube somewhat spiny; fruit globular to short-oblong, 4 cm. long, dull red.
Collected by J. N. Rose between Mitla and Oaxaca City, Mexico, September 6, 1908 (No. 11304). It has since been grown in Washington and in the New York Botanical Garden, where it has frequently flowered and fruited.
Plate xvi, figure 2, represents a flowering joint of the typespecimen, and figure 3 shows its fruit."
subinermis : du latin sub, sous, et inermis, sans armes, inerme : presque inerme.
Fiche créée le 06/03/2010.
Type : Rose 11304, Mexique, Oaxaca, entre Mitla et Oaxaca, 6 septembre 1908, conservé dans le United States National Herbarium du Smithsonian Institution (US : holotype).
Synonyme de
Acanthocereus tetragonus (Linné) Hummelinck 1938Commentaires
Description originale:"4. Acanthocereus subinermis sp. nov.
Plants 1 meter high or higher; joints stout, 5 to 7 cm. broad, strongly 3 or 4-angled, brightgreen, somewhat shining, usually short; areoles 3 to 4 cm. apart; spines either wanting or short, whenpresent 6 to 10 at an areole, acicular, usually less than 1.5 cm. long; flowers various in size, 15 to 22cm. long; outer perianth-segments narrow, reddish, acute; inner perianth-segments white; areoles ofovary and flower-tube somewhat spiny; fruit globular to short-oblong, 4 cm. long, dull red.
Collected by J. N. Rose between Mitla and Oaxaca City, Mexico, September 6, 1908 (No. 11304). It has since been grown in Washington and in the New York Botanical Garden, where it has frequently flowered and fruited.
Plate xvi, figure 2, represents a flowering joint of the typespecimen, and figure 3 shows its fruit."
Étymologie
Acanthocereus: du grec akantha, épine: cierge épineux.subinermis : du latin sub, sous, et inermis, sans armes, inerme : presque inerme.
Numéros de collecte
Vous pouvez chercher les numéros de collecte pour cette espèce dans :- la base de Ralph Martin : Acanthocereus subinermis
- la base de Christophe Ludwig : Acanthocereus subinermis
Forum
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philippe (contacter l'auteur ou écrire aux admins de l'encyclopédie)Fiche créée le 06/03/2010.
Fiches de botanistes :
Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson
Fiche du genre :
Acanthocereus (Engelmann ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose 1909
Synonymes :
Aucune fiche.
Espèces du même genre :
Acanthocereus tetragonus (Linné) Hummelinck 1938