Kadenicarpus horripilus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Kadenicarpus |
Species: | K. horripilus
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Kadenicarpus horripilus | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Kadenicarpus horripilus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. [3]
It is an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.
Kadenicarpus horripilus often grows sprouting with olive-green, spherical to elongated spherical bodies and fibrous roots. The bodies reach growth heights of 7 to 18 cm (2.8 to 7.1 in) and a diameter of 4 to 6.5 cm (1.6 to 2.6 in). Their clearly pronounced conical cusps are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) high. The plant usually a single, protruding, straight, whitish central spine that is dark at the tip. It reaches a length of 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.71 in). The 12 to 14 straight radial spines are white with a dark tip, protruding and 9 to 11 mm (0.35 to 0.43 in) long.
The flowers are magenta with a white throat. They are 2.2 to 3.1 cm (0.87 to 1.22 in) long and have a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 cm (0.98 to 1.38 in). The elongated, greenish-red fruits turn yellowish-brownish when ripe. They are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) long and reach a diameter of 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in). [4]
It is endemic to Hidalgo state in Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
It was first described as Mammillaria horripila in 1838 by Charles Lemaire. [5] The specific epithet horripilus is derived from the Latin words horrere for 'shudder' and pilus for 'hair' and refers to the thorns of the species. Monserrat Vázquez-Sánchez placed the species in the genus Kadenicarpus in 2019. [6] Further nomenclature synonym are Echinocactus horripilus (Lem.) Lem. (1839), Neolloydia horripila (Lem.) Britton & Rose (1923), Gymnocactus horripilus (Lem. ex C.F.Först.) Backeb. (1951), Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa (1970), Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa & Fittkau (1975), Turbinicarpus horripilus (Lem.) V.John & Říha (1983), Bravocactus horripilus (Lem.) ( 1998) and Pediocactus horripilus (Lem.) Halda (1998)
Kadenicarpus horripilus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Kadenicarpus |
Species: | K. horripilus
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Binomial name | |
Kadenicarpus horripilus | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Kadenicarpus horripilus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. [3]
It is an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.
Kadenicarpus horripilus often grows sprouting with olive-green, spherical to elongated spherical bodies and fibrous roots. The bodies reach growth heights of 7 to 18 cm (2.8 to 7.1 in) and a diameter of 4 to 6.5 cm (1.6 to 2.6 in). Their clearly pronounced conical cusps are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) high. The plant usually a single, protruding, straight, whitish central spine that is dark at the tip. It reaches a length of 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.71 in). The 12 to 14 straight radial spines are white with a dark tip, protruding and 9 to 11 mm (0.35 to 0.43 in) long.
The flowers are magenta with a white throat. They are 2.2 to 3.1 cm (0.87 to 1.22 in) long and have a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 cm (0.98 to 1.38 in). The elongated, greenish-red fruits turn yellowish-brownish when ripe. They are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) long and reach a diameter of 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in). [4]
It is endemic to Hidalgo state in Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
It was first described as Mammillaria horripila in 1838 by Charles Lemaire. [5] The specific epithet horripilus is derived from the Latin words horrere for 'shudder' and pilus for 'hair' and refers to the thorns of the species. Monserrat Vázquez-Sánchez placed the species in the genus Kadenicarpus in 2019. [6] Further nomenclature synonym are Echinocactus horripilus (Lem.) Lem. (1839), Neolloydia horripila (Lem.) Britton & Rose (1923), Gymnocactus horripilus (Lem. ex C.F.Först.) Backeb. (1951), Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa (1970), Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa & Fittkau (1975), Turbinicarpus horripilus (Lem.) V.John & Říha (1983), Bravocactus horripilus (Lem.) ( 1998) and Pediocactus horripilus (Lem.) Halda (1998)