The Genus of Stephanocereus

Stephanocereus is a plant genus of cacti (Cactaceae). The botanical genus name is derived from the Greek noun "στέφανος (Stephanos) made for wreath, wreath-Cereus means and refers to the coronary cephalium to the shoot tips. The type species of the genus is Stephanocereus leucostele.

Description

The species of the genus grow Stephanocereus sometimes tree-like, are not branched or occasionally drift out of the base. You can reach a height 1-5 meters. The initially spherical or egg-shaped shoots are later extended to columnar to bottle-shaped.

The 12 to 20, low ribs bear areoles from which springs abundant white wool, hide the urge. The 1-4 central spines are white and gold for up 3-4 inches. The yellow to white, 15-20 spines 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters long. The cephalium is located at the growing tip, or is ring-like. It consists of dense bristles, white wool and hair.

The tubular to funnel-shaped flowers are white to light pink at times and 2.6 to 7 centimeters long. They open at night. The Perikarpell and the corolla tube have a few scattered small scales, and bald or little white woolly areoles.

The egg-elliptical, bare, not break open fruits are purple-blue to slightly green. The lasting flowers rest is black. The pulp is water clear. The large, egg-to pear-shaped seeds are black, and tuberculate.



Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanocereus

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