PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus pectinatus var. wenigeri (Weniger's hedgehog cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson
Weniger's hedgehog cactus

Symbol:

ECPEW

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

More Information:

Images:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson

Synonyms:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson

ECPEW2

Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. ssp. wenigeri (L.D. Benson) Blum & Rutow

Distribution:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson


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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson

Classification:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri 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 pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. – rainbow cactus
Variety	Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson – Weniger's hedgehog cactus

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. wenigeri L.D. Benson

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527833.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 04:07 AM MST