Echinocereus arizonicus

Echinocereus arizonicus [2] is a species of cactus native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of Chihuahua, southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, as well as in the Superstition and Mescal Mountains of Central Arizona.[3] An endangered variable of the species "Echinocereus triglochidiatus arizonicus" is found exclusively in sections of the Superstition, Mescal, and Pinal Mountains. Genetic studies have indicated that this variable of the species does not occur outside these mountain ranges.[4]

Echinocereus arizonicus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Pachycereeae
Genus:
Echinocereus
Species:
E. arizonicus
Binomial name
Echinocereus arizonicus
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinocereus coccineus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) D. J. Ferguson
  • Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) L. D. Benson
  • Echinocereus arizonicus subsp. nigrihorridispinus W. Blum & Rutow

Common names include "Arizona claret-cup cactus" and "Arizona hedgehog cactus."[1]

Echinocereus arizonicus has deep red to bright orange-red flowers, sometimes with a lighter yellowish-green center.[1][5]

References
  1. "Echinocereus arizonicus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  2. Orcutt, C.R. Cactography. 1926 (1): 3. 1926.
  3. Center for Plant Conservation, National Collection of Imperiled Plants, Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus.
  4. "All Arizona Species; Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Var. Echinocereus triglochidiatus arizonicus" (PDF). www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. "ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Digital Library. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
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