PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus engelmannii var. purpureus (Engelmann's hedgehog cactus)

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Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus

Symbol:

ECENP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson

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Distribution:
Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson


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Related Taxa:
Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus, 8 varieties in Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem.

Classification:
Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson

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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 engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. – Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Variety	Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson – Engelmann's hedgehog cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Nevada:
Echinocereus engelmannii
hedgehog cactus, saint cactus, torch cactus		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. purpureus L.D. Benson

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527822.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:58 AM CDT