Echinocereus pectinatus

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Echinocereus pectinatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. pectinatus
Binomial name
Echinocereus pectinatus
Synonyms
  • Cereus pectinatus(Scheidw.) Engelm. 1849
  • Echinocactus pectinatusScheidw. 1838
  • Echinopsis pectinata(Scheidw.) J.H.Fennell 1843

Echinocereus pectinatus is a species of hedgehog cactus.

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Description

Echinocereus pectinatus is an upright, spherical to cylindrical cactus, typically solitary, growing 8 to 35 cm (3.1 to 13.8 in) long and 3 to 13 cm (1.2 to 5.1 in) in diameter. The plant is covered in comb-shaped thorns forming white and pink zones. It has 12 to 23 blunt ribs with dense, elliptical, white felted areoles about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The 12 to 30 radial spines are comb-shaped, slightly bent back, 5 to 15 mm (0.20 to 0.59 in) long, and tinted whitish to pink. The 1 to 5 central spines range from yellowish to pink to brownish and are 1 to 25 mm (0.039 to 0.984 in) long. The funnel-shaped flowers are 5 to 15 cm (2.0 to 5.9 in) in diameter, deep pink, and appear on the side of the trunk. The flower tube has white tomentose thorns on the outside. The round to elliptical purple fruits are fleshy and thorny. [2]

Subspecies

There are three accepted subspecies:

ImageNameDistribution
CACTUS, RAINBOW (Echinocereus pectinatus) (6-2-11) bog hole, scc,az -02 (5791622725).jpg Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. pectinatusN. Mexico
Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. rutowiorumW.BlumMexico (Chihuahua)
Echinocereus pectinatus ssp. wenigeri (7296374456).jpg Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. wenigeri(L.D.Benson) W.Blum & RutowTexas to Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)

Distribution

Found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, and in the south-western US (New Mexico and Texas) at elevations of 400 to 1900 meters. [3] [4]

Taxonomy

First described in 1838 by Michael Joseph François Scheidweiler as Echinocactus pectinatus, the species was reclassified by George Engelmann into the genus Echinocereus in 1848. [5] [6] The specific epithet "pectinatus," meaning "combed" in Latin, refers to the arrangement of the thorns. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Univ., Martin Terry (Sul Rose State; College, Kenneth Heil (San Juan; Mexico, New; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist; Ambiental), Rafael Corral-Díaz (Consultor (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Edward F. (2001). The Cactus Family. Portland, Or: Timber Press (OR). p. 242. ISBN   0-88192-498-9.
  3. ↑ "Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. ↑ Armentano, Diego (2013-08-04). "Echinocereus pectinatus". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-07-03. Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
  5. ↑ Sciences, Mie Royale Des (1838). "Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  6. ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
  7. ↑ Wislizenus, F. A. (1848). Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico :connected with Col. Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847 /by A. Wislizenus. Washington: Tippin & Streeper, printers. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41509.
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