Echinocereus pectinatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Echinocereus |
| Species: | E. pectinatus
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Echinocereus pectinatus is a species of hedgehog cactus.
Description
[edit]Echinocereus pectinatus is an upright, spherical to cylindrical cactus, typically solitary, growing 8 to 35 cm (3.1 to 13.8 in) long and 3 to 13 cm (1.2 to 5.1 in) in diameter. The plant is covered in comb-shaped thorns forming white and pink zones. It has 12 to 23 blunt ribs with dense, elliptical, white felted areoles about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The 12 to 30 radial spines are comb-shaped, slightly bent back, 5 to 15 mm (0.20 to 0.59 in) long, and tinted whitish to pink. The 1 to 5 central spines range from yellowish to pink to brownish and are 1 to 25 mm (0.039 to 0.984 in) long. The funnel-shaped flowers are 5 to 15 cm (2.0 to 5.9 in) in diameter, deep pink, and appear on the side of the trunk. The flower tube has white tomentose thorns on the outside. The round to elliptical purple fruits are fleshy and thorny.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]There are three accepted subspecies:
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Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. pectinatus | N. Mexico |
| Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. rutowiorum W.Blum | Mexico (Chihuahua) | |
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Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. wenigeri (L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Rutow | Texas to Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila) |
Distribution
[edit]Found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, and in the south-western US (New Mexico and Texas) at elevations of 400 to 1900 meters.[3][4]
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Plant growing in habitat in Mina, Nuevo Leon -
Habitat in Rio Nazas, Durango -
Plant growing in Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin Texas. -
Plant growing 56 km South of Estacion Vanegas,San Luis Potosí
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Taxonomy
[edit]First described in 1838 by Michael Joseph François Scheidweiler as Echinocactus pectinatus, the species was reclassified by George Engelmann into the genus Echinocereus in 1848.[5][6] The specific epithet "pectinatus," meaning "combed" in Latin, refers to the arrangement of the thorns.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Univ., Martin Terry (Sul Rose State; College, Kenneth Heil (San Juan; Mexico, New; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist; Ambiental), Rafael Corral-Díaz (Consultor (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2001). The Cactus Family. Portland, Or: Timber Press (OR). p. 242. ISBN 0-88192-498-9.
- ^ "Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ Armentano, Diego (2013-08-04). "Echinocereus pectinatus". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
- ^ Sciences, Mie Royale Des (1838). "Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
- ^ Wislizenus, F. A. (1848). Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico :connected with Col. Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847 /by A. Wislizenus. Washington: Tippin & Streeper, printers. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.41509.
External links
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Media related to Echinocereus pectinatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Echinocereus pectinatus at Wikispecies
