Echinocereus arizonicus

Echinocereus arizonicus
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 coccineus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) D. J. Ferguson
  • Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) L. D. Benson
  • Echinocereus arizonicus subsp. nigrihorridispinus W. Blum & Rutow

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]

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][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flora of North America, vol 4, page 168.
  2. ↑ Orcutt, C.R. Cactography. 1926 (1): 3. 1926.
  3. ↑ Center for Plant Conservation, National Collection of Imperiled Plants, Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus.
  4. ↑ Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Sonoran Desert Digital Library

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