Echinocereus rigidissimus

E. r. subsp. rubispinus

Echinocereus rigidissimus

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 rigidissimus
Subspecies: E. r. subsp. rigidissimus – E. r. subsp. rubispinus

Name

Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) Rose (1909)

Synonyms

• Cereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 279. 1856 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Echinocereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 818. 1885 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall in Marshall & Bock, Cactaceae: 119. 1941 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocereus rigidissimus var. rigidissimus syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) F.Haage, Special Preisverz.: 13. 1897, nom. inval., syn. sec. Sánchez & al. 2018
  • Echinocereus rigidispinus (Muehlenpf.) Engelm. ex J.N.Haage in Preis-Verz. Cact.: 23. 1859, nom. nud., syn. sec. Blum & al. 1998

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Central USA SE. Arizona to SW. New Mexico Regional: Mexico N. Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rose, J.N. 1909: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 293.

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 rigidissimus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus rigidissimus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus rigidissimus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 14 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus rigidissimus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus rigidissimus. 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 14. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinocereus rigidissimus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: rainbow hedgehog cactus, Arizona Rainbow Cactus, Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus
svenska: Regnbågskaktus

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