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Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus
scarlet hedgehog cactus
       
Symbol:   ECCOC  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Cactaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Shrub  
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus

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Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

  COVIA3 Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose var. aggregata (Engelm.) W.T. Marshall
  ECCOC2 Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. conoideus (Engelm.) D. Weniger, nom. nud.
  ECCOI Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. inermis (K. Schum.) J.A. Purpus
  ECOC2 Echinocereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose
  ECPOR Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm. var. rosei (Woot. & Standl.) D. Weniger, nom. nud.
  ECTRH Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. hexaedrus (Engelm.) Boissev. & C. Davidson
  ECTRI Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. inermis (K. Schum.) Arp
  ECTRM Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. melanacanthus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson
  ECTRO Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) W.T. Marshall
  MAAG2 Mammillaria aggregata Engelm.
 

Distribution:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

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Related Taxa:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus, 4 varieties in Echinocereus coccineus Engelm.
 

Classification:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus Echinocereus Engelm. – hedgehog cactus
Species Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. – scarlet hedgehog cactus
Variety Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus – scarlet hedgehog cactus
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

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Arizona:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus
black-spine claret-cup hedgehog              Salvage restricted
 

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. coccineus

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527813.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).
 
 
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