Soehrensia schickendantzii

Soehrensia schickendantzii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Soehrensia
Species:	S. schickendantzii
Binomial name
	Soehrensia schickendantzii; (F.A.C.Weber) Schlumpb.
Synonyms
	List Cereus schickendantzii (F.A.C.Weber) F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 238 (1897); Echinopsis fabrisii (R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley, Repert. Pl. Succ. 27: 5 (1976 publ. 1979); Echinopsis manguinii (Backb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley, I.O.S. Bull. 3(3): 96. 1974.; Echinopsis schickendantzii F.A.C.Weber, D.G.J.Bois, Dict. Hort. 1: 473 (1896); Soehrensia fabrisii (R.Kiesling) Schlumpb., Cactaceae Syst. Init. 28: 30 (2012); Trichocereus fabrisii R.Kiesling, Hickenia 1: 29 (1976); Trichocereus manguinii Backeb., Cactus (Paris) no. 35: 147. 1953.; Trichocereus tenuispinus F.Ritter, Cactus (Paris) 88: 27 (1967); Trichocereus schickendantzii (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 144. 1920.; Trichocereus shaferi Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 144. 1920.; Trichocereus volcanensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 448. 1980.; ;

Soehrensia schickendantzii is a cactus found in northwestern Argentina in provinces of Salta and Tucumán at elevations of 1600 to 3200 meters.^[2]

Description

Soehrensia schickendantzii grows shrubby, occasionally solitary, but usually branches out from the base and forms clumps. The cylindrical to elongated, shiny light green shoots are 15 to 25 centimeters long and have diameters of up to 6 centimeters. There are 14 to 18 low and somewhat sharp ribs that are notched. The areoles on it are very close together and occasionally even touch. The yellowish thorns originating from the areoles are flexible and up to 1 centimeter long. Four central spines are formed. Occasionally the number increases with age. There are nine marginal spines.

The hypanthium is tubular to funnel-shaped, white, unscented flowers appear near the top of the shoot and open at night. They are 20 to 22 inches long. The flower tube is densely hairy black. The spherical, dark green fruits are sweet and tear open. They have a length of up to 6 centimeters and a diameter of 5 centimeters.^[3]

Flower
Spines
Plant

Taxonomy

The plant was first circumscribed by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber and published in 1896 as Echinopsis schickendantzii then Schlumpb. re-named it as Soehrensia schickendantzii in Cactaceae Syst. Init. vol.28: 31 in 2012.^[4]

The Latin epithet of schickendantzii honors the German chemist Friedrich Schickendantz (1837–1896), who emigrated to Argentina in 1861.

References

^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
^ "Echinopsis schickendantzii". Tropicos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
^ Anderson, Edward Frederick (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer KG. p. 242. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ "Soehrensia schickendantzii (F.A.C.Weber) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

External links

Media related to Soehrensia schickendantzii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Soehrensia schickendantzii at Wikispecies

[IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species_2010_p.-1] "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[Tropicos-2] "Echinopsis schickendantzii". Tropicos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[Anderson-3] Anderson, Edward Frederick (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer KG. p. 242. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.

[Powo-4] "Soehrensia schickendantzii (F.A.C.Weber) Schlumpb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

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