PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus mojavensis (Mojave kingcup cactus)

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Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler
Mojave kingcup cactus

Symbol:

ECMO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

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Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

ECTRM2

Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) L.D. Benson

Mojave kingcup cactus

Distribution:
Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus

Classification:
Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

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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 mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler – Mojave kingcup cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis
Mohave claret-cup hedgehog		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Rümpler

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

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 08:54 PM CDT