| Echinocereus rayonesensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Echinocereus |
| Species: | E. rayonesensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinocereus rayonesensis N.P.Taylor, 1988 | |
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Echinocereus rayonesensis is a species of cactus native to Mexico. [2]
Echinocereus rayonesensis grows with many shoots and branches at ground level. The upright, cylindrical shoots are 12 to 28 centimeters long and have a diameter of 2.5 to 4.5 centimeters. They are hidden by the dense thorns. There are ten to 15 ribs that are tuberculated. The hair-like or slender thorns on them are glassy white to yellowish. The five to nine downward-facing central spines are 3 to 5 centimeters long. The 15 to 25 radial spines, occasionally more, are 0.7 to 1.5 centimeters long.
The broadly funnel-shaped flowers are somewhat purple-magenta in color and have a white throat. They appear on the sides of the shoots, are 2.5 to 6 centimeters long and reach 2.8 to 6 centimeters in diameter. The elongated fruits are olive green to brown. [3]
Echinocereus rayonesensis is widespread in the Mexican state of Nuevo León in the Rayones Valley.
The first description by Nigel Paul Taylor was published in 1988. [4] The specific epithet "rayonesensis" refers to the occurrence of the species in the Mexican Valley of Rayones.
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