PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus polyacanthus (Mojave mound cactus)

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Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.
Mojave mound cactus

Symbol:

ECPO6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.

ECTRP3

Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. polyacanthus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.


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USA (AZ, NM)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus

Classification:
Echinocereus polyacanthus 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 polyacanthus Engelm. – Mojave mound cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.

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:
Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502205.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 10:37 AM CDT