Echinocereus knippelianus

E. k. subsp. knippelianus

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. Pulchellus
Species: Echinocereus knippelianus

Name

Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner (1895)

Note

The specific epithet knippelianus honors the German cactus grower Carl Knippel, who lives in Halberstadt.

Synonyms

• Cereus knippelianus (Liebner) Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 13: 27. 1902 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. knippelianus syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocereus liebnerianus Carp in Baltimore Cact. J. 2: 262. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Echinocereus inermis Haage Jr. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 130. 1898 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Echinocereus knippelianus var. kruegeri Glass & R.A.Foster in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50: 80. 1978 syn. sec. ???
• Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. kruegeri (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass, Guía Identific. Cact. Amenazadas México: s.p. 1997 ["1998"] syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. kruegeri (Glass & R.A.Foster) W.Blum & Mich.Lange, Echinocereus Monogr.: 246. 1998 syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocereus knippelianus var. reyesii A.B.Lau in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 52: 265. 1980 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. reyesii (A.B.Lau) W.Blum & Mich.Lange, Echinocereus Monogr.: 6. 1998 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. kaplani Halda & Sladk. in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 34. 2000 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. klapanii Halda & Sladk. syn. sec. WFO 2019

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (SE. Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Liebner, C. 1895: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 170.

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 knippelianus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus knippelianus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus knippelianus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 10 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus knippelianus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus knippelianus. 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 10. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

español: peyote verde

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