PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. triglochidiatus (kingcup cactus)

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Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus
kingcup cactus

Symbol:

ECTRT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus

ECKU	Echinocereus kunzei Guerke
ECTRG	Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Boissev.
ECTRT2	Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. toroweapensis P.C. Fisch.	kingcup cactus

Distribution:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus


View Native Status

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USA (AZ, CO, NM)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus, 1 varieties in Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.

Classification:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus

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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 triglochidiatus Engelm. – kingcup cactus
Variety	Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. var. triglochidiatus – kingcup cactus

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

This plant and the related entities and 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:
		Salvage restricted
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gonacanthus
robust claret-cup hedgehog		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
(Mojave) mound cactus		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195371.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 11:42 PM CDT