PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus coccineus var. gurneyi (Gurney's hedgehog cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack
Gurney's hedgehog cactus

Symbol:

ECCOG

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gurneyi

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, TX, Glass Mountains, Neal Ranch. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack

ECTRG2

Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. gurneyi L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack


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Related Taxa:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack

Classification:
Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack

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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. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack – Gurney's hedgehog cactus

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Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. var. gurneyi (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & Brack

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527814.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 06:19 AM CDT