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Aporocactus martianus

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Aporocactus martianus
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Aporocactus
Species:
A. martianus
Binomial name
Aporocactus martianus
Synonyms[2]
  • Cereus martianus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
  • Cereaster martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) F.Berge
  • Cereus martini Dupuis
  • Eriocereus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Riccob.
  • Aporocactus conzattii Britton & Rose
  • Cereus conzattii (Britton & Rose) A.Berger
  • Disocactus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Barthlott
  • Aporocactus martianus var. conzattii (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath

Aporocactus martianus (syn. Disocactus martianus) is a species of cactus found in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Distribution and habitat

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A. martianus grows only in Oaxaca, Mexico, in cloud forests and oak forests at elevations of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft). It is locally abundant within its range.[1][3]

Description

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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.[4]

Taxonomy & systematics

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Plate 3768 of Aporocactus martianus from Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1840

It was first described as Cereus martianus in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer.[5] Wilhelm Barthlott moved the species to Disocactus in 1991[6] 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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hernández, H.M.; Gómez-Hinostrosa, C.; Cházaro, M. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Disocactus martianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T152895A121493475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152895A121493475.en.
  2. ^ "Aporocactus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ Arias Montes, Salvador; Gama López, Susana; Guzmán Cruz, Leonardo Ulises (1997). Fasículo 14. Cactaceae A.L.Juss. Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán (in Spanish). México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. pp. 69–70. ISBN 968-36-6011-8 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ 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. Bibcode:2004FMDFE.199..481C. doi:10.1078/0367-2530-00175.
  5. ^ "Botanicus.org: Enumeratio diagnostica cactearum hucusque cognitarum". Botanicus.org. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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. 306 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 8. Bibcode:2020PSyEv.306....8M. doi:10.1007/s00606-020-01639-x. ISSN 0378-2697.
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