PLANTS Profile for Pediocactus paradinei (Kaibab pincushion cactus)

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Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson
Kaibab pincushion cactus

Symbol:

PEPA5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	park hedgehog cactus
	Houserock cactus
	Paradine plains cactus

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Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson

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Distribution:
Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson


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USA (AZ)

Related Taxa:
Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 8 species in Pediocactus

Classification:
Pediocactus paradinei B.W. 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	Pediocactus Britton & Rose – pincushion cactus
Species	Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson – Kaibab pincushion cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson

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:
Paradine plains cactus		Highly Safeguarded

More Accounts and Images:
Pediocactus paradinei B.W. Benson

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19773.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 05:50 AM CDT