Aporocactus martianus (syn. Disocactus martianus) is a species of cactus found in Oaxaca, Mexico.
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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: | Aporocactus |
| Species: | A. martianus
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Distribution and habitat
editA. 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
editDisocactus 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]
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Taxonomy & systematics
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aporocactus martianus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Botanicus.org: Enumeratio diagnostica cactearum hucusque cognitarum". Botanicus.org. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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