Pelecyphora aselliformis

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Pelecyphora aselliformis

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Pelecyphora aselliformis

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Pelecyphora
Species:	P. aselliformis
Binomial name
*Pelecyphora aselliformis* C.Ehrenb.
Synonyms
Ariocarpus aselliformis (Ehrenb.) F.A.C.Weber 1898 Mammillaria aselliformis (Ehrenb.) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton 1942 Pelecyphora aselliformis var. concolor Hook.f. 1873

Pelecyphora aselliformis is a species of Pelecyphora found in Mexico.^[2]

Description

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Pelecyphora aselliformis grows with globose, spherical or flattened spherical grayish green stems, with fleshy roots that are 2 to 7 centimeters in diameter and about 12 cm high. Their hatchet-shaped tubercles are 2 to 4 millimeters high, 5 to 9 millimeters long and 1 to 2.5 millimeters wide. Its outer part is flattened and the outline is elliptical. The areoles are woolly, 40 to 60 stiff, whitish spines are arranged in a striking comb-like manner and are 0.7 to 4 millimeters long. The magenta-colored flowers appear at the apex, between the wooliness of the young areole reach diameters of 1.3 to 3.5 centimeters.^[3]

It grows very slowly and flowers only after many years.

Distribution

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Pelecyphora aselliformis is widespread in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It inhabits low hills and flat plains at elevations of 1800 to 2400 meters and grows on nutrient-rich, dark soils and limestone rocks. The range extends over an area of no more than 500 km².

Taxonomy

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The first description was made in 1843 by Carl August Ehrenberg.^[4] The specific epithet aselliformis means 'woodlouse-shaped'. Common names are “Peoti”, “Peotillo”, “Peyote” and “Peyotillo”.

When a new highway was built north of the city of San Luis Potosí that passed through a population of Pelecyphora aselliformis, 1226 specimens of the species were relocated to the El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden near San Miguel de Allende.^[5]

References

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^ SG), Succulent Plants; SG), Succulent Plants (2009-11-16). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
^ Bruhn, Jan G.; Bruhn, Catarina (1973). "Alkaloids and ethnobotany of Mexican peyote cacti and related species". Economic Botany. 27 (2): 241–251. doi:10.1007/BF02872994. ISSN 0013-0001. S2CID 36480873.
^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 521. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ Mohl, Hugo von; Schlechtendal, D. F. L. von (1843). "Botanische Zeitung". A. Förstner. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
^ Glass, Charlie; Maurice, W.A. Fitz (1993). "To The Rescue!". British Cactus & Succulent Journal. 11 (2). British Cactus and Succulent Society: 47–51. ISSN 0264-3405. JSTOR 42794389. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

External links

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Media related to Pelecyphora aselliformis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pelecyphora aselliformis at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Pelecyphora aselliformis	Wikidata: Q144950 Wikispecies: Pelecyphora aselliformis CoL: 75YML EoL: 5194677 EPPO: PYPAS FNA: 242413966 GBIF: 7280604 GRIN: 319231 iNaturalist: 185242 IPNI: 137425-1 ITIS: 908480 IUCN: 152618 NCBI: 130166 Open Tree of Life: 314900 Plant List: tro-5100172 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137425-1 Species+: 25762 Tropicos: 5100172 WFO: wfo-0001287042

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