Echinocereus arizonicus
Echinocereus arizonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Echinocereus |
Species: | E. arizonicus
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Binomial name | |
Echinocereus arizonicus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Echinocereus arizonicus [2] is a species of cactus native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of Chihuahua, southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, as well as in the Superstition and Mescal Mountains of Central Arizona.[3] An endangered variable of the species "Echinocereus triglochidiatus arizonicus" is found exclusively in sections of the Superstition, Mescal, and Pinal Mountains. Genetic studies have indicated that this variable of the species does not occur outside these mountain ranges.[4]
Common names include "Arizona claret-cup cactus" and "Arizona hedgehog cactus."[1]
Echinocereus arizonicus has deep red to bright orange-red flowers, sometimes with a lighter yellowish-green center.[1][5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Echinocereus arizonicus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ Orcutt, C.R. Cactography. 1926 (1): 3. 1926.
- ^ Center for Plant Conservation, National Collection of Imperiled Plants, Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus.
- ^ "All Arizona Species; Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Var. Echinocereus triglochidiatus arizonicus" (PDF). www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Digital Library. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Echinocereus
- Cacti of Mexico
- Cacti of the United States
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Chihuahua (state)
- Flora of New Mexico
- Plants described in 1926