Pelecyphora aselliformis
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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: | Pelecyphora |
| Species: | P. aselliformis
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| Pelecyphora aselliformis C.Ehrenb.
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Pelecyphora aselliformis is a species of Pelecyphora found in Mexico. Pelecyphora aselliformis is known for its medicinal properties and may have been utilized as a psychoactive in the same way as Lophophora williamsii. It is known as "Peyotillo".[2]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
Media related to Pelecyphora aselliformis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pelecyphora aselliformis at Wikispecies
