Echinocereus polyacanthus

Echinocereus polyacanthus

Echinocereus polyacanthus

Echinocereus polyacanthus

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
Species: Echinocereus polyacanthus

Name

• Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm., 1848

Synonyms

• Cereus polyacanthus Engelm., Pl. Fendler.: 51. 1849 syn. sec. Blum & al. 1998
• Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. polyacanthus (Engelm. ex Wisl.) L.D.Benson in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 253. 1944 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
• Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. polyacanthus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17. 2003 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus leeanus Hook. in Bot. Mag. 75: t. 4417. 1849 syn. sec. ???
• Echinocereus leeanus (Hook.) Lem., Cactées: 57. 1868 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Cereus pleiogonus Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 317. 1853 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
• Echinocereus pleiogonus (Labour.) Croucher in Garden (London) 13: 290. 1878 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus durangensis Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 800. 1885 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus durangensis var. nigrispinus Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 800. 1885 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus durangensis var. rufispinus Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 800. 1885 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus acifer var. diversispinus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 287. 1898 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus acifer var. durangensis K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 287. 1898 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus leeanus var. multicostatus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 289. 1898 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017
  • Echinocereus marksianus Fritz Schwarz in Backeberg, Kakteenlex.: 124. 1966 syn. sec. Blum & al. 2017

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA S. Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico (Tamaulipas). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Engelmann, G. 1848. Botanical Appendix. In: Wislizenus, F.A.: Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847, pp. 87–115. Tippin & Streeper, Washington. BHL Reference page. : 104

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 polyacanthus 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 polyacanthus 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 polyacanthus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 12 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus polyacanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus polyacanthus. 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Mojave mound cactus
español: Órgano-pequeño enmarañado

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