Harrisia brookii is a species of cactus found in the Bahamas.

Harrisia brookii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Harrisia
Species:
H. brookii
Binomial name
Harrisia brookii
Britton
Synonyms
  • Cereus brookii (Britton) Vaupel 1913

Description

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Harrisia brookii grows as a shrub with richly branched, light green shoots 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter and reaches heights of up to 5 meters. There are ten distinct, deeply notched ribs. The nine to twelve brown to white thorns are up to 2.5 centimeters long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are around 20 centimeters long. Its floral tube and pericarpel are covered with long, pointed scales. The yellowish, ellipsoid to spherical fruits reach a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. They are covered with low tubercles and perennial scales.[1]

Distribution

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Harrisia brookii is common in the Bahamas at elevations of 0-20 meters.[2]

Taxonomy

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The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton was published in 1909. The specific epithet brookii honors the archivist Herbert A. Brooke from the Bahamas. A nomenclature synonym is Cereus brookii (Britton) Vaupel (1913).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 338. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  2. ^ Franck, Alan R. (2016). "MONOGRAPH OF HARRISIA" (PDF). Phytoneuron. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  3. ^ Club., Torrey Botanical (1908). "Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club". Torrey Botanical Club. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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