PLANTS Profile for Pediocactus sileri (Siler pincushion cactus)

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Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson
Siler pincushion cactus

Symbol:

PESI4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	Gypsum cactus

Photo of Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson

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Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson

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Distribution:
Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson


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USA (AZ, UT)

Related Taxa:
Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 8 species in Pediocactus

Classification:
Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) 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	Pediocactus Britton & Rose – pincushion cactus
Species	Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson – Siler pincushion cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. 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.

United States:
Siler pincushion cactus		Threatened
Arizona:
Siler pincushion cactus		Highly Safeguarded

More Accounts and Images:
Pediocactus sileri (Engelm. ex J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19775.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:21 PM CST