Echinocereus reichenbachii

E. r. subsp. baileyi

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. Reichenbachii
Species: Echinocereus reichenbachii
Subspecies: E. r. subsp. armatus – E. r. subsp. baileyi – E. r. subsp. burrensis – E. r. subsp. fitchii – E. r. subsp. perbellus – E. r. subsp. reichenbachii

Name

• Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) J.N.Haage ex Britton & Rose, 1859

Synonyms

• Echinocactus reichenbachii Terscheck ex Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 320. 1843 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Echinopsis pectinata var. reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 26. 1845 syn. sec. WFO 2019
• Echinocereus reichenbachii var. reichenbachii syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 25. 1922, nom. inval., syn. sec. Berendsohn 20201
  • Cereus caespitosus Engelm. in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 247. 1845 syn. sec. ???
• Echinocereus caespitosus (Engelm.) Engelm., Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 110. 1848 syn. sec. ???
• Echinocereus pectinatus var. caespitosus (Engelm.) K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 272. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. caespitosus (Engelm.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange, Echinocereus Prepr.: 8. 1998 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Echinopsis reichenbachiana Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 365. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus caespitosus var. castaneus Engelm. in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 203. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cereus reichenbachianus var. castaneus Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 319. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
• Echinocereus caespitosus var. castaneus (Engelm.) Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 811. 1885 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus castaneus (Engelm.) Orcutt in Cactography 4. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus caespitosus f. castaneus (Engelm.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 174. 1937 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Cereus pectinifer Labour., Monogr. Cact.: 320. 1853 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus reichenbachianus Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 318. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Cereus caespitosus var. major Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 280. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus caespitosus var. major (Engelm.) Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 811. 1885 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus caespitosus var. minor Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 280. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus concolor J.M.Bigelow, Expl. Railroad Mississippi Pacific Add.: 2. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocereus texensis Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 110. 1856 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Echinocereus rotatus Linke in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 85. 1858 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocereus rungei K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 124. 1895 syn. sec. Sánchez 2021
  • Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. comanchensis D.Felix, Oldach & J.Oldach, Echinocereus reichenbachii-fitchii-Komplex: 209. 2005 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Note:

• Most infraspecific taxa are weakly defined and intergrade and subspecific taxa here are only tentative. These are not always accepted (Parfitt & Gibson).
• The name Echinocactus reichenbachianus Terscheck ex Fennel in Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 282 (1843), is sometimes cited but does not exist [1].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla). 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

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 3: 25.
• Parfitt, B.D. & Gibson, A.C. (2014) in
• eFloras 2008. Echinocereus reichenbachii in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• 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 reichenbachii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 13. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus reichenbachii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus reichenbachii. Published online. Accessed: Dec 13 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus reichenbachii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus reichenbachii. 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 13. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinocereus reichenbachii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Chicken Pox, Black Lace Cactus, Classen's Cactus, Fitch's Hedgehog, Lace Cactus, Merry Widow Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Bailey's Hedgehog Cactus

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