Echinocereus pentalophus

Echinocereus pentalophus subsp. pentalophus

Echinocereus pentalophus

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. Echinocereus
Species: Echinocereus pentalophus
Subspecies: E. p. subsp. leonensis – E. p. subsp. pentalophus – E. p. subsp. procumbens

Name

• Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) J.N.Haage, 1859.

Synonyms

• Cereus pentalophus DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117. 1828 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) Lem., Cactées: 56. 1868 syn. sec. ???
  • Cereus pentalophus var. radicans DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus pentalophus var. simplex DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus pentalophus var. subarticulatus DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus propinquus Salm-Dyck ex Otto in Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 366. 1833 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus leptacanthus DC. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 101. 1837 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Cereus leptacanthus DC. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 23. 1845 syn. sec. Sánchez & al. 2018
• Echinocereus leptacanthus (DC. ex Salm-Dyck) K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 260. 1898 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Cereus propinquus var. subarticulatus Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 373. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Echinocereus procumbens var. longispinus Hirscht in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 135. 1902 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocereus runyonii Orcutt in Cactography 5. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico E. Mexico (to Jalisco). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Haage, J.N., 1859. Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ.: 20.

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 pentalophus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus pentalophus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus pentalophus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus pentalophus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus pentalophus. 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 12. Reference page. 
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2015. Echinocereus pentalophus in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr 26.

Vernacular names

English: ladyfinger cactus
español: Órgano-pequeño alicoche falso, alicoche, cardoncillo

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