PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus enneacanthus (pitaya)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.
pitaya

Symbol:

ECEN2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.

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Distribution:
Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.


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USA (NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

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Classification:
Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Echinocereus Engelm. – hedgehog cactus
Species	Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm. – pitaya

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19807.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 05:49 AM CDT