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Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor
Fitch's hedgehog cactus
       
Symbol:   ECREF2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Cactaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Shrub  
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Echinocereus reichenbachii var. fitchii

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Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

  ECFI Echinocereus fitchii Britton & Rose  
  ECME3 Echinocereus melanocentrus Lowry  
  ECREA Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage var. albertii L.D. Benson  
  ECREF Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage var. fitchii (Britton & Rose) L.D. Benson   Fitch's hedgehog cactus
 

Distribution:
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

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Related Taxa:
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus, 4 subspecies in Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage
 

Classification:
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

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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 reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage – lace hedgehog cactus
Subspecies Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor – Fitch's hedgehog cactus
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

United States:
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii
black lace cactus              Endangered
Texas:
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii
black lace cactus              Endangered
 

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Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort ex Haage ssp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

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