Arthrocereus glaziovii

Arthrocereus glaziovii is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Arthrocereus glaziovii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Arthrocereus
Species:
A. glaziovii
Binomial name
Arthrocereus glaziovii
(K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor & Zappi
Synonyms
  • Cereus glaziovii K.Schum. 1890
  • Echinopsis glaziovii (K.Schum.) Molinari & Mayta 2015
  • Lophocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) Orcutt 1926
  • Trichocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) Werderm. 1933
  • Arthrocereus campos-portoi (Werderm.) Backeb. 1935
  • Arthrocereus damazioi (K.Schum.) P.V.Heath 1992
  • Arthrocereus itabiriticola P.J.Braun 1986
  • Cereus damazioi K.Schum. 1903
  • Leocereus glaziovii Britton & Rose 1920
  • Trichocereus campos-portoi Werderm. 1933
  • Trichocereus damazioi (K.Schum.) Werderm. 1933

Description

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Arthrocereus glaziovii grows with erect shoots and slightly spreading side shoots from 1.5 to 2.5 cm (0.59 to 0.98 in) in diameter. There are 12 low ribs on the shoots. The 20 to 30 spines are subulate, brownish to ash gray in color and between 1.5 and 2.5 cm (0.59 and 0.98 in) long. The white flowers are slightly curved and up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long. Elongated fruits of up to 2 cm (0.79 in) are formed.[2]

Distribution

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Arthrocereus glaziovii is widespread in the east and south of Belo Horizonte in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais at altitudes of 1300 to 1750 meters. The distribution area covers around 1000 km2.

Taxonomy

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The first description as Cereus glaziovii by Karl Moritz Schumann was published in 1890.[3] The specific epithet glaziovii honors the French plant collector and botanist Auguste François Marie Glaziou, who lived in Brazil from 1861 to 1895. Nigel Paul Taylor and Daniela Cristina Zappi placed the species in the genus Arthrocereus in 1991.[4] Further nomenclature synonyms are Leocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose (1920), Trichocereus glaziovii (K.Schum.) Werderm. (1933) and Echinopsis glaziovii (K.Schum.) Molinari & Mayta (2015).

References

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  1. ^ a b Taylor, N.P.; Braun, P. (2013). "Arthrocereus glaziovii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T40939A2945254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T40939A2945254.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. pp. 80–81. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ^ Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von; Eichler, August Wilhelm; Endlicher, István László; Fenzl, Eduard; Mary, Benj.; Oldenburg, R.; Urban, Ignaz (1840). Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum :quas suis aliorumque botanicorum studiis descriptas et methodo naturali digestas partim icone illustratas /ediderunt Carolus Fridericus Philippus de Martius et Augustus Guilielmus Eichler ; iisque defunctis successor Ignatius Urban. Monachii et Lipsiae [Munich & Leipzig]: R. Oldenbourg. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.454.
  4. ^ "Notes on miscellaneous genera of Cactaceae". Bradleya. 9 (9). British Cactus and Succulent Society: 81–92. 1991. doi:10.25223/brad.n9.1991.a2. ISSN 0265-086X.
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