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Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. triglochidiatus
Binomial name
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Synonyms
List
    • Cereus triglochidiatus (Engelm.) Engelm. 1849
    • Echinocereus paucispinus var. triglochidiatus (Engelm.) K.Schum. 1898
    • subsp mojavensis
      • Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Engelm. ex Rümpler 1886
      • Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson 1944
      • Cereus bigelovii Engelm. 1857
      • Cereus mohavensis S.Watson 1878
      • Cereus mojavensis var. zuniensis Engelm. 1856
      • Echinocereus mojavensis var. zuniensis (Engelm.) Rümpler 1886
      • Echinocereus sandersi Orcutt 1926
    • subsp. triglochidiatus
      • Cereus gonacanthus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 1857 publ. 1856
      • Cereus hexaedrus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 1857 publ. 1856
      • Cereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) J.M.Coult. 1896
      • Cereus roemeri Engelm. 1849
      • Echinocereus coccineus var. octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Boissev. 1940
      • Echinocereus gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Lem. 1868
      • Echinocereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose 1922
      • Echinocereus paucispinus var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum. 1898
      • Echinocereus paucispinus var. hexaedrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum. 1898
      • Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Boissev. 1940
      • Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. hexaedrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Boissev. 1940
      • Echinopsis octacantha Muehlenpf. 1848
Close-up of Echinocereus triglochidiatus flower; Joshua Tree National Park, California

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes, scrub, and mountain woodland. E. triglochidiatus is the official state cactus of Colorado.[3]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2023). "Echinocereus triglochidiatus". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ Univ., Martin Terry (Sul Rose State; College, Kenneth Heil (San Juan; Mexico, New; Ambiental), Rafael Corral-Díaz (Consultor (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  3. ^ "State Cactus". Archives. 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2019-08-09.

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