Echinocereus longisetus
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| image =Echinocereus longisetus subsp. delaetii (3497836766).jpg
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Echinocereus longisetus
| authority = (Engelm.) Lem.
| synonyms =
- Cereus longisetus Engelm.
|range_map =Echinocereus longisetus range.svg
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Echinocereus longisetus is a species of Echinocereus found in Mexico.{{BioRef|powo | title=Echinocereus longisetus (Engelm.) Lem. |id=132384-1 | access-date=2024-05-04}}
Description
Echinocereus longisetus branches from the base, forming large clusters up to 1 meter in diameter. The upright cylindrical stems are {{cvt|30 to 50|cm}} long and {{cvt|5 to 8|cm}} in diameter, with 11 to 24 low, tuberculated ribs. The plant has four to nine central spines that are straight or curly, whitish to brownish, and {{cvt|1 to 10|cm}} long. It also has 15 to 20 white marginal spines, each {{cvt|1 to 2|cm}} long.
The funnel-shaped flowers are slightly pinkish-purple and appear near the base of the stems, not at the tips. They are {{cvt|5 to 7|cm}} long and {{cvt|6 to 7|cm}} in diameter.{{cite book | last1=Anderson | first1=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=199}}{{cite web | title=Echinocereus longisetus | website=
LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/8281/Echinocereus_longisetus | ref={{sfnref |
LLIFLE | 2013}} | access-date=2024-06-24}}
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Distribution
Echinocereus longisetus is found in the Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo León.
File:Echinocereus longisetus (5730690128).jpg|Plant growing in Viesca, Coahuila
File:Echinocereus longisetus (5730708686).jpg|Habitat in Viesca, Coahuila
Taxonomy
Originally described as Cereus longisetus by George Engelmann in 1856, the specific epithet "longisetus" comes from the Latin words "longus" (long) and "-setus" (bristly), referring to its long, bristle-like spines.{{cite web | last=Arts | first=American Academy of | title=Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | publisher=Metcalf and Co | volume=v. 3 (1852-1857) | date=1852 | issn=0199-9818 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3100784 | access-date=2024-06-24}} Charles Lemaire reclassified it into the genus Echinocereus in 1868.{{cite book | last=Lemaire | first=C. | title=Les cactées: histoire, patrie, organes de végétation | publisher=Maison rustique | series=Bibliothèque du jardinier | year=1869 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qu_WZxpub0oC&pg=PA57 | language=fr | access-date=2024-06-24 | page=57}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Echinocereus longisetus|Echinocereus longisetus}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Echinocereus longisetus|Echinocereus longisetus}}
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