PLANTS Profile for Echinocactus polycephalus var. xeranthemoides (cottontop cactus)

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Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.
cottontop cactus

Symbol:

ECPOX

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.

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Synonyms:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.

	ECPOX2	Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow ssp. xeranthemoides (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor
	ECXE2	Echinocactus xeranthemoides (J.M. Coult.) Engelm. ex Rydb.

Distribution:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.


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USA (AZ, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 3 species in Echinocactus, 2 varieties in Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow

Classification:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.

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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	Echinocactus Link & Otto – echinocactus
Species	Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow – cottontop cactus
Variety	Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult. – cottontop cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.

This plant is 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:
		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Grand Canyon cottontop cactus		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527807.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 04:19 PM CDT