Echinocereus pectinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. pectinatus
Binomial name
Echinocereus pectinatus

Echinocereus pectinatus is a species of hedgehog cactus. It was first described by Engelmann in 1848. It is found in the south-western US (New Mexico and Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora).[1]

Subspecies

  • Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. pectinatus
  • Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. rutowiorum W.Blum
  • Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. wenigeri (L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Rutow

References

  1. "Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-11-20.


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