Biology:Aporocactus martianus
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Aporocactus |
Species: | A. martianus
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Binomial name | |
Aporocactus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Aporocactus martianus (syn. Disocactus martianus) is a species of cactus found in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Description
Disocactus martianus grows creeping, occasionally forming lithophytic with aerial roots. It is a species of fleshy, cylindrical suspended or creeping cactus with stems up to 1.5 meters long and up to 2.5 centimeters thick, sometimes with aerial roots, with 8 to 10 slightly wart-shaped ribs; 3 or 4 central pale brown spines up to 12 mm long and 6 to 20 radial spines are light yellowish and only 5 to 7 millimeters long. The bright red flowers are diurnal and produced in summer, 10 to 12 centimeters in diameter and a length of 5 to 7 centimeters. The flowers stay open for a couple of days. They are followed by globose fruits of green color and 2 cm in diameter. It is viviparous.[2]
Taxonomy & Systematics
It was first described as Cereus martianus in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer.[3] Wilhelm Barthlott moved the species to Disocactus in 1991[4] The following species and varieties are synonyms:
- Cereus martianus Zucc. (1832),
- Eriocereus martianus Riccob. (1909),
- Aporocactus martianus Britton & Rose (1920),
- Aporocactus conzattii Britton & Rose (1920),
- Cereus conzattii (Britton & Rose) A. Berger (1929)
- Aporocactus martianus var. Conzattii (Britton & Rose) PVHeath (1992).
In their synopsis of the tribe Hylocereeae from 2017, Nadja Korotkova, Thomas Borsch and Salvador Arias interpret the species as a synonym of Aporocactus martianus.[5]
References
- ↑ "Aporocactus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose". Kew Science. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16735-2.
- ↑ Cota-Sánchez, J. Hugo (2004). "Vivipary in the Cactaceae: Its taxonomic occurrence and biological significance". Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 199 (6): 481–490. doi:10.1078/0367-2530-00175.
- ↑ "Botanicus.org: Enumeratio diagnostica cactearum hucusque cognitarum". http://www.botanicus.org/page/1263337.
- ↑ Herr, A. J.; Jensen, M. B.; Dalmay, T.; Baulcombe, D. C. (1991). "Notes on miscellaneous genera of Cactaceae DNA". Bradleya 9 (5718): 118–120. doi:10.25223/brad.n9.1991.a2. PMID 15692015. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15692015/.
- ↑ Martínez-Quezada, Daniel M.; Arias, Salvador; Korotkova, Nadja; Terrazas, Teresa (2020). "The phylogenetic significance of the stem morpho-anatomy in the Hylocereeae (Cactoideae, Cactaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 306 (1). doi:10.1007/s00606-020-01639-x. ISSN 0378-2697.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q288647 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aporocactus martianus.
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