PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus viridiflorus var. viridiflorus (nylon hedgehog cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus
nylon hedgehog cactus

Symbol:

ECVIV

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Echinocereus chloranthus var. neocapillus

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Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus

	ECCHN	Echinocereus chloranthus (Engelm.) Haage var. neocapillus D. Weniger, nom. nud.
	ECVIS	Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. standleyi (Britton & Rose) Orcutt ex D. Weniger, nom. nud.

Distribution:
Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus


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Related Taxa:
Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus

Classification:
Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus

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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 viridiflorus Engelm. – nylon hedgehog cactus
Variety	Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus – nylon hedgehog cactus

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Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. viridiflorus

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195377.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 06:53 AM CDT