Echinocereus bonkerae

Echinocereus bonkerae

Echinocereus bonkerae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Echinocereus
Sectio: E. sect. Erecti
Species: Echinocereus bonkerae
Subspecies: E. b. subsp. apachensis – E. b. subsp. bonkerae

Name

• Echinocereus bonkerae Thornber & Bonker, Fantast. Clan 85, fig. 1932.

Synonyms

• Echinocereus fendleri var. bonkerae (Thornber & Bonker) L.D.Benson in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 260. 1944 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Echinocereus boyce-thompsonii var. bonkerae (Thornber & Bonker) Peebles in Leafl. W. Bot. 5(12): 192. 1949 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Echinocereus fasciculatus var. bonkerae (Thornber & Bonker) L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 22. 1969 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Echinocereus fasciculatus subsp. bonkerae (Thornber & Bonker) N.P.Taylor in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8. 1997 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003

Note:

The specific epithet bonkerae honors Mrs. Frances Bonker from Pasadena.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Central & SE. Arizona. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thornber, J.J. & Bonker, F., 1932. Fantastic Clan: the Cactus Family, Studies of that Unique and Fascinating Growth, the Cactus Plant. 40 pp. New York. BHL Reference page. : 85, fig.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Echinocereus bonkerae in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 09. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus bonkerae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus bonkerae. Published online. Accessed: Dec 09 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus bonkerae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus bonkerae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 09. Reference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Echinocereus bonkerae in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: pinkflower hedgehog cactus

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