Echinocereus arizonicus
| Echinocereus arizonicus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Pachycereeae |
| Genus: | Echinocereus |
| Species: | E. arizonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinocereus arizonicus Rose ex Orcutt | |
| 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
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America, vol 4, page 168.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Sonoran Desert Digital Library
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