PLANTS Profile for Echinomastus intertextus (white fishhook cactus)

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Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
white fishhook cactus

Symbol:

ECIN2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Neolloydia intertexta

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, TX, Guadalupe Mountains, Delaware Basin, S. of US 62. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Synonyms:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

ECIN3	Echinocactus intertextus Engelm.
ECIND3	Echinocactus intertextus Engelm. var. dasyacanthus Engelm.
ECIND2	Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose var. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Backeb.
NEIN2	Neolloydia intertexta (Engelm.) L.D. Benson
NEIND	Neolloydia intertexta (Engelm.) L.D. Benson var. dasyacantha (Engelm.) L.D. Benson
SCIN4	Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor	white fishhook cactus
SCIND	Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor var. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor	white fishhook cactus
SCINI	Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor var. intertextus	white fishhook cactus

Distribution:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 6 species in Echinomastus

Classification:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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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	Echinomastus Britton & Rose
Species	Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – white fishhook cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

This plant 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.

Arizona:
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 06:42 AM CDT