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Echinocereus |
Root system
(Shape and size) |
Aboveground branching |
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Ribs |
Areoles
distance |
Radial
spines
Number/length |
Central
spines
Number/length |
flower
colour |
Fruit
characteristics
Form, Length, section |
seed
colour
Ø mm |
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leucanthus |
4, 8
apical tuber in the main roots 50-80mm Ø
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Shoot
strong branching from the base |
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8 |
3-5 mm |
9-18
1-1,5 mm
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2-5
1-1,5mm |
White |
Ovoidal
15 mm Long
8mm Ø |
Red to
black-brown
1mm Ø
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poselgeri |
Up to 8
storage organs similar to dahlia tubers |
branching
out in the upper third |
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6-10
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6 - 8 mm |
8-16
up to 4,5 mm
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1
9mm |
light magenta |
Ovoidal
20 mm Long
10-15
mm
Ø
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Black
1-1,5 mm Ø |
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waldeisii |
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kroenleinii |
Napiform-root partially integrated with the hypocotyl, 120 - 150 mm
Ø |
Begin
to branch from 200-300 mm of height |
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