W. Blum & Rutow
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.902821
Element CodePDCAC060U0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyCactaceae
GenusEchinocereus
Concept ReferenceBlum, W., M. Lange, W. Rischer, and J. Rutow. 1998. Echinocereus. Monographie. Proost NV Turnhout, Belgium. 496 pp.
Taxonomic CommentsFlora of North America Editorial Committee (2003) does not recognize Echinocereus arizonicus ssp. nigrihorridispinus or Echinocereus santaritensis but mentions these taxa with the comment "Echinocereus arizonicus subsp. nigrihorridispinus superficially resembles the partially sympatric, synoecious tetraploid recently named E. santaritensis W. Blum & Rutow (a hermaphroditic geographic race of E. coccineus), which has much longer hairs on the flowers, a narrower flower tube, and relatively slender spines."