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Pelecyphora cubensis

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Species of cactus

Pelecyphora cubensis
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Pelecyphora
Species: P. cubensis
Binomial name
Pelecyphora cubensis
(Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez

Pelecyphora cubensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Cuba.

Description

Pelecyphora cubensis grows solitary and remains small. The spherical to depressed spherical shoots reach heights of 1 to 3 centimeters and diameters of 2 to 3 centimeters. Their 6 to 7 millimeters long warts are only furrowed along half their length. Central spines are usually not present. The ten to 15 white, finely downy marginal spines are radiating. They are 3 to 4 millimeters long.

The flowers are light yellowish green. They are 1.6 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters. The red fruits are shorter than 10 millimeters.

Distribution

Pelecyphora cubensis is found in the Holguín province of Cuba.

Taxonomy

The first description as Coryphantha cubensis by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1912. The specific epithet cubensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Cuba. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Escobaria in 1978. David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022. Nomenclature synonyms include Neobesseya cubensis (Britton & Rose) Hester (1941) and Neolloydia cubensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb. (1942).

References

  1. Kew), Nigel Taylor (RBG; Nacional, Duniel Barrios (Jardín Botánico; Habana, Universidad de La (2011-07-27). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  2. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 273. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. Bonisteel, William J.; Broadhurst, Jean; Clum, Harold Haydn; Hastings, George T.; Howe, Marshall A.; Taylor, Norman; Club., Torrey Botanical (1912). "Torreya". Torrey Botanical Club. ISSN 0096-3844. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  4. Hunt, D. R. (1978). "Amplification of the genus Escobaria". The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain. 40 (1). British Cactus and Succulent Society: 13. ISSN 0007-9375. JSTOR 42786688. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  5. Sánchez, Daniel; Vázquez-Benítez, Balbina; Vázquez-Sánchez, Monserrat; Aquino, David; Arias, Salvador (2022-01-21). "Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae)". PhytoKeys (188). Pensoft Publishers: 115–165. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 8799629. PMID 35106054.

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Taxon identifiers
Pelecyphora cubensis
Coryphantha cubensis
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