Quiabentia zehntneri
| Quiabentia zehntneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Quiabentia |
| Species: | Q. zehntneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Quiabentia zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Britton & Rose
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Quiabentia zehntneri is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Common names are “Quiabento”, “Flor de Cera” and “Espinho de São Antonio”.
Description[edit]
Quiabentia zehntneri grows shrubby with slender green shoots and reaches heights of up to 3 meters. Its 2 to 4 centimeter long leaves are ovate to almost circular and pointed. The shoots are covered with numerous short white thorns.
The bright pink-red flowers are 3 to 4 centimeters long and reach 7 to 8 centimeters in diameter.[2]
Distribution[edit]
Quiabentia zehntneri is distributed in northeastern Brazil on rocks in the open Caatinga vegetation at altitudes of 450 to 750 meters.
Taxonomy[edit]
The first description as Pereskia zehntneri was made in 1919 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.[3] The specific epithet Zehntneri honors the Swiss biologist Leo Zehntner. In the appendix to the fourth volume of their work The Cactaceae, the two authors created the new genus Quiabentia for the species in 1923. Another nomenclature synonym is Grusonia Zehntneri (Britton & Rose) G.D.Rowley (2006).
References[edit]
- ^ Taylor, N.P.; Zappi, D.; Braun, P.; Machado, M. (2017). "Quiabentia zehntneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T46512A121559737. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T46512A121559737.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 557. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
External links[edit]
Media related to Quiabentia zehntneri at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Quiabentia zehntneri at Wikispecies
