406.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.

ca. 140-170 genera (circumscription still very much in flux), ca. 1700-1800 spp. Latest phylogeny: de Vos et al. (2025). There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.

Species listed in database: 1824; hybrids: 79

406.6443 Genus Echinocereus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 91 (1848)

Distribution: Mexico, USA

Species listed in database: 70; hybrids: 3

species :

Echinocereus acanthosetus (S.Arias & U.Guzmán) Gómez-Quint. & Dan.Sánchez; Brittonia 72(4): 446 (2020)

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. acanthosetus (S.Arias & U.Guzmán) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 12 (1998)

= Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. acanthosetus (S.Arias & U.Guzmán) W.Blum; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (8) (1998)

= Echinocereus pulchellus var. acanthosetus S.Arias & U.Guzmán; Fl. Valle Tehuacan-Cuicatlán 14(Cact.): 63 (1997)

species :

Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 19 (1859)

subspecies :

subsp. acifer

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, etc.)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus acifer Otto ex Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 189 (1850)

= Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Lem.; Cactées 57 (1868), isonym

= Echinocereus acifer subsp. tubiflorus W.Rischer; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (1) (1998)

= Echinocereus acifer subsp. ventanensis W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 22(3): 63 (2009)

= Echinocereus acifer var. brevispinulus Jacobi; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 798 (1885)

= Echinocereus acifer var. diversispinus K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 287 (1898)

= Echinocereus acifer var. durangensis K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 287 (1898)

= Echinocereus acifer var. tenuispinus Jacobi; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 798 (1885)

= Echinocereus acifer var. trichacanthus Hildm.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 44 (1891)

= Echinocereus marksianus Fritz Schwarz; Kakteenlexikon 124 (1966)

= Echinocereus marksianus Fritz Schwarz ex W.Blum & R.Goris; Echinocereenfreund 36(Sonderausgabe): 180 (2023), nom. illeg.

= Echinocereus polyacanthus subsp. acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

= Echinocereus polyacanthus var. densus (Regel) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 1: 159 (1984)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 23(3): 66 (1978)

= Echinopsis valida var. densa Regel; Gartenflora 1: 295 (1852)

subspecies :

subsp. huitcholensis (F.A.C.Weber) Mich.Lange; Echinocereenfreund 7: 109 (1994)

Distribution: Mexico (Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus huitcholensis F.A.C.Weber; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 383 (1904)

= Echinocereus acifer subsp. topiensis (W.Rischer & Trocha) W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 17(4): 88 (2004)

= Echinocereus huitcholensis (F.A.C.Weber) M.Gürke; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 23 (1906)

= Echinocereus matthesianus Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 3: 6 (1963)

= Echinocereus polyacanthus subsp. huitcholensis (F.A.C.Weber) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

= Echinocereus polyacanthus var. huitcholensis (F.A.C.Weber) N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 82 (1988)

= Echinocereus topiensis W.Rischer & Trocha; Echinocereenfreund 12(1): 6-11 (1999)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. huitcholensis (F.A.C.Weber) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)

species :

Echinocereus adustus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 104 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. adustus

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus adustus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 50 (1849)

= Cereus adustus var. radians (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 50 (1849)

= Cereus pectinatus f. adustus (Engelm.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 278 (1894)

= Cereus pectinatus f. rufispinus (Engelm.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 378 (1894)

= Cereus rufispinus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 50 (1849)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. adustus (Engelm.) Haage; Verz. Cact. 1861: 19 (1861)

= Echinocereus radians Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 104 (1848)

= Echinocereus rufispinus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 104 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. keizerae W.Blum & Dosedal; CactusWorld 40(1): 16 (2022)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. schwarzii (A.B.Lau) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus adustus subsp. roemerianus W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 16(2): 44 (2003)

= Echinocereus adustus var. schwarzii (A.B.Lau) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 2(2): 268 (1985)

= Echinocereus madrensis Patoni; Bol. Commiss. Reg. Durango 1: 42 (1910)

= Echinocereus schwarzii A.B.Lau; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 54(1): 28 (1982)

species :

Echinocereus arizonicus Rose ex Orcutt; Cactography 3 (1926)

Name: Arizona claret-cup cactus, Arizona hedgehog cactus

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus arizonicus subsp. matudae (Bravo) Rutow; Echinocereenfreund 7(2): 54 (1994)

= Echinocereus arizonicus subsp. nigrihorridispinus W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (3) (1998)

= Echinocereus arizonicus subsp. oldachiorum W.Blum & P.B.Breslin; Echinocereenfreund 31(Sonderausgabe): 371 (2018)

= Echinocereus coccineus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) D.J.Ferguson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 61(5): 221 (1989)

= Echinocereus matudae Bravo; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 31: 119 (1961)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) L.D.Benson; Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 129 53 (1969)

species :

Echinocereus bakeri W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach; Int. Cact. Advent. 106-107: 22 (2015)

Distribution: USA (Arizona)

76 USA

Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status not confirmed by molecular data

species :

Echinocereus barthelowanus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 41 (1922)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur, Isla Magdalena, Isla Santa Margarita, Sonora)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus berlandieri (Engelm.) F.Haage; Cact.-Verz. 19 (1859)

Name: Berlandier´s hedgehog cactus

Distribution: USA (S-Texas); Mexico (Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus berlandieri Engelm.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory], 1 (Cact.): 38, t. 58 (1859)

= Cereus poselgerianus (Linke) A.Berger; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 80 (1905)

= Echinocereus berlandieri (Engelm.) Palm; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 4, 14: 92 (1865), isonym

= Echinocereus berlandieri var. poselgerianus (Linke) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. 16: 17 (1992)

= Echinocereus poselgerianus Linke; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung: 239 (1857)

species :

Echinocereus bonkerae Thornber & Bonker; Fantast. Clan 71, 85 (1932)

subspecies :

subsp. bonkerae

Name: Bonkers Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (Arizona)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus fasciculatus subsp. bonkerae (Thornber & Bonker) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

= Echinocereus fasciculatus var. bonkerae (Thornb. & Bonker) L.D.Benson; (1969)

= Echinocereus fendleri var. bonkerae (Thornber & Bonker) L.D.Benson; (1944)

subspecies :

subsp. apachensis (W.Blum & Rutow) A.D.Zimmerman; Haseltonia 15: 120 (2009)

Distribution: USA (Arizona)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus apachensis W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (1) (1998)

species :

Echinocereus brandegeei (J.M.Coult.) Schelle; Handb. Kakteenkult. 140 (1906)

Name: Casa de Ratas, Pitayita, Strawberry Cactus

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Gulf of California Islands)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus brandegeei J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 389 (1896)

= Cereus mamillatus Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 405 (1896)

= Cereus sanborgianus J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 398 (1896)

= Echinocereus brandegeei var. sanborgianus (J.M.Coult.) Lodé; Fichier Encycl. Cact. Autres Succ., Sér. 14: no. 1272 (1994)

= Echinocereus mamillatus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 41 (1922)

species :

Echinocereus bristolii W.T.Marshall; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 160 (1938)

Distribution: Mexico (Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. bristolii (W.T.Marshall) W.T.Marshall; Saguaroland Bull. 10: 81 (1956)

species :

Echinocereus chisoensis W.T.Marshall; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 15 (1940)

subspecies :

subsp. chisoensis

Name: Chisos Hedgehog Cactus, Chisos Mountain Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: USA (Texas: Big Bend NP)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. chisoensis (W.T.Marshall) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. fobeanus (Oehme) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 19: 10 (2005)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus chisoensis var. fobeanus (Oehme) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 2(2): 261 (1985)

= Echinocereus fobeanus Oehme; Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 49 (1940)

= Echinocereus fobeanus subsp. metornii (G.Frank) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (5) (1998)

= Echinocereus metornii G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 41(10): 215 (1990)

species :

Echinocereus cinerascens (DC.) Haage; Verz. Cact. 1861: 19 (1861)

subspecies :

subsp. cinerascens

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Ciudad de Mexico, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus acinaciformis Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 333 (1841)

= Cereus aciniformis Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 101 (1837)

= Cereus cinerascens DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 11 (1828)

= Cereus cinerascens var. crassior DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115 (1828)

= Cereus cinerascens var. fendleri Bois; Pl. Aliment. 2: 371 (1928)

= Cereus cinerascens var. tenuior DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 116 (1828)

= Cereus cirrhifer Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 311 (1853)

= Cereus deppei Otto ex J.Forbes; J. Hort. Tour Germany 155 (1837)

= Cereus deppei Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 101 (1837)

= Cereus ehrenbergii Pfeiff.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 8: 282 (1840)

= Cereus glycimorphus (C.F.Först. ex Rümpler) Orcutt; Seed Pl. Co. Cat. Cact. 1903: 5 (1903)

= Echinocactus chlorophthalmus Hook.; Bot. Mag. 76: t. 4486 (1850)

= Echinocereus chlorophthalmus (Hook.) Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 242 (1913)

= Echinocereus cinerascens subsp. ehrenbergii (Pfeiff.) W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (4) (1998)

= Echinocereus cinerascens var. crassior Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 787 (1885)

= Echinocereus cinerascens var. ehrenbergii (Pfeiff.) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 47 (1974)

= Echinocereus cirrhifer (Labour.) Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 22 (1859)

= Echinocereus ehrenbergii (Pfeiff.) Engelm. ex Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 22 (1859)

= Echinocereus ehrenbergii var. cristatus C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 776 (1885)

= Echinocereus glycimorphus C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 800 (1886)

= Echinocereus glycimorphus var. undulatus Schelle; Handb. Kakteenkult. 126 (1907)

= Echinocereus pentalophus var. ehrenbergii (Pfeiff.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2003 (1960)

subspecies :

subsp. septentrionalis (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus cinerascens var. septentrionalis N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 68 (1988)

subspecies :

subsp. tulensis Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 18(4): 110 (1973)

Distribution: Mexico (SW-Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus cinerascens subsp. tulensis (Bravo) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

= Echinocereus cinerascens var. tulensis (Bravo) N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 69 (1988)

= Echinocereus tulensis Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 18(4): 110 (1973)

species :

Echinocereus coccineus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 93 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. coccineus

Name: Arizona Hedgehog, California Hedgehog, Cream-Flowered Hedgehog, Golden Rainbow Hedgehog, Mexican Claret-Cup Cactus, White-Spined Claret-Cup Cactus

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Utah, Colorado, S-California: San Bernardino Co., New Mexico, S-Nevada, W-Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)

73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus aggregatus (Engelm.) Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 146 (1906)

= Cereus aggregatus J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 395 (1896), nom. superfl.

= Cereus coccineus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 51 (1849), nom. illeg.

= Cereus coccineus var. cylindricus Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 51 (1849)

= Cereus coccineus var. melanacanthus Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 51 (1849)

= Cereus conoideus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Descr. Cact. [Engelmann & Bigelow] 35 (1856)

= Cereus phoeniceus Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, reimpr. 3: 284 (1856)

= Cereus phoeniceus subsp. conoideus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, reimpr. 3: 284 (1856)

= Coryphantha aggregata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 47 (1923)

= Coryphantha neovivipara var. aggregata (Engelm.) Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 556 (1981), specific name not validly publ.

= Coryphantha vivipara var. aggregata (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall

= Echinocereus aggregatus Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 146 (1906), nom. illeg.

= Echinocereus canyonensis Clover & Jotter; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 417 (1941)

= Echinocereus coccineus subsp. aggregatus (Engelm. ex S.Watson) W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 4 (1998)

= Echinocereus coccineus var. inermis (K.Schum.) J.A.Purpus; Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 34: 49 (1925)

= Echinocereus conoideus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 807 (1885)

= Echinocereus conoideus var. cristata Houghton; J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 2: 490 (1931)

= Echinocereus decumbens Clover & Jotter; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 417 (1941)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. decumbens (Clover & Jotter) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 2 (1998)

= Echinocereus engelmannii var. decumbens (Clover & Jotter) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 258 (1944)

= Echinocereus krausei De Smet; Suppl. Prix-Cour. Gén. 10[Cat. 11, Suppl.]: 6 (1878)

= Echinocereus melanacanthus (Engelm.) W.H.Earle; Cacti Southw. 61 (1963)

= Echinocereus monacanthus Heese; Gartenflora 53: 215 (1904)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus (Engelm.) Lem.; Cactées 57 (1868)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus f. inermis (K.Schum.) Schelle; Handb. Kakteenkult. 138 (1906)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus var. albispinus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 789 (1885)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus var. conoideus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 283 (1898)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus var. inermis K.Schum.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 6: 150 (1896)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus var. longispinus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 789 (1885)

= Echinocereus phoeniceus var. rufispinus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 789 (1885)

= Echinocereus toroweapensis (P.C.Fisch.) Fürsch; Kakteen And. Sukk. 44(12): 266 (1993)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus f. inermis (K.Schum.) W.Blum; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 9 (1998)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. coccineus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. coccineus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 117 (1941)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. inermis (K.Schum.) Arp; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 45: 132 (1973)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. inermis (K.Schum.) G.D.Rowley; Repert. Pl. Succ. 22 (Regnum Veg., 87): 8 (1973)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 253 (1944)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. toroweapensis P.C.Fisch.; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 63(4): 195 (1991)

subspecies :

subsp. gurneyi (L.D.Benson) D.Felix & H.Bauer; Echinocereus Online-J. 2(Sonderheft): XIII (2014)

Distribution: USA (W-Texas)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus coccineus var. gurneyi (L.D.Benson) K.D.Heil & S.Brack; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 60: 26 (1988)

= Echinocereus gurneyi (L.D.Benson) W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach; Int. Cact. Advent. 105: 33 (2014)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gurneyi L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 126 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. paucispinus (Engelm.) W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [4] (1998)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus paucispinus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, no. 3), Bot. [Whipple]: 34, 36 (1857), et Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 285 (1857)

= Echinocereus coccineus var. paucispinus (Engelm.) D.J.Ferguson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 61(5): 222 (1989)

= Echinocereus paucispinus (Engelm.) Haage; Verz. Cact. 1861: 19 (1861)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. paucispinus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 118 (1941)

subspecies :

subsp. roemeri (Muehlenpf.) W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (4) (1998)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Remarks: status uncertain, not always recognized

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus roemeri Muehlenpf.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 16: 19 (1848)

= Echinocereus roemeri (Muehlenpf.) Engelm. ex Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 23 (1859)

= Echinocereus roemeri (Muehlenpf.) Rydb.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 146 (1906)

subspecies :

subsp. rosei (Wooton & Standl.) W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (4) (1998)

Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas); N-Mexico

77 USA 79 MEX

Remarks: status uncertain, not always recognized

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus coccineus var. rosei (Wooton & Standl.) A.D.Zimmerman; Cacti Trans-Pecos 203 (2004)

= Echinocereus rosei Wooton & Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 457 (1915)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. rosei (Wooton & Standl.) W.T.Marshall; Desert. Bot. Gard. Arizona, Sci. Bull. 1: 63 (1950)

subspecies :

subsp. santaritensis (W.Blum & Rutow) M.A.Baker; Phytoneuron 2014-69: 38 (2014)

Distribution: USA (Arizona: Santa Rita Mts.)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus santaritensis W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [9] (1998)

= Mammillaria aggregata Engelm.; Notes Milit. Reconn. [Emory] 155 (1848), nom. prov.

subspecies :

subsp. transpecosensis W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach; Cact. Explor. 14: 59 (2015)

Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico)

77 USA

species :

Echinocereus dasyacanthus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 100 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. dasyacanthus

Name: Golden Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus, Texas Rainbow Cactus, Texas Rainbow Hedgehog, Yellow-Flowered Pitaya

Distribution: USA (SW-Texas, SE-New Mexico, E-Arizona); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Pl. Fendler. 50 (1849)

= Cereus deflexispinus Monv. ex Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 321 (1853)

= Echinocereus dasyacanthus subsp. rectispinus (Trocha & Fethke) W.Blum, W.Rischer & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 2 (1998)

= Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. hildmannii (Arendt) Weniger

= Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. rectispinus Trocha & Fethke; Echinocereenfreund 1991(2): 31-40 (1991)

= Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. rectispinus Trocha; Echinocereenfreund 1989(4): 89-99 (1989) (nom. illeg.)

= Echinocereus hildmannii Arendt; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 146 (1891)

= Echinocereus papillosus var. rubescens (Dams) Dams; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 92 (1905)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) W.H.Earle ex N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 1(4): 179 (1984)

= Echinocereus rubescens Dams; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 92 (1905)

= Echinocereus spinosissimus var. steereae (Clover) Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 237 (1981)

= Echinocereus spinosissimus Walton; Cact. J. (London) 2: 162 (1899)

= Echinocereus steereae Clover; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 565 (1938)

subspecies :

subsp. crockettianus D.Felix & H.Bauer; Echinocereus Online-J. 2(Sonderheft): V (2014)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

subspecies :

subsp. ctenoides (Engelm.) Lodé; Cact.-Advent. Int. (Almeria) 100: 29 (2013)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus ctenoides Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 279 (1856)

= Echinocereus ctenoides (Engelm.) Lemaire; Cactées 57 (1868)

= Echinocereus ctenoides (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 819 (1886)

= Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. ctenoides (Engelm.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2021 (1960)

= Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. ctenoides (Engelm.) G.Frank; Echinocereenfreund, 10. Jubiläums-Sonderausgabe: 135 (1997)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. ctenoides (Engelm.) Weniger ex G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 42(6): 140 (1991)

= Echinocereus spinosissimus var. ctenoides (Engelm.) Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 237 (1981)

subspecies :

subsp. multispinosus D.Felix & H.Bauer; Echinocereus Online-J. 2(Sonderheft): VII (2014)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem.; Cactées 56 (1868)

Name: Engelmann´s hedgehog cactus, strawberry hedgehog cactus

Distribution: USA (S-California, Arizona: rare, SW-Nevada, W-Utah: rare); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.; Amer. J. Sci. Arts, Ser. 2, 14: 338 (1852)

= Cereus engelmannii var. albispinus Cels ex Orcutt; Rev. Cact. 1: 13 (1897)

= Cereus engelmannii var. caespitosus Orcutt; Rev. Cact. 1: 13 (1897)

= Cereus engelmannii var. fulvispinus Cels ex Orcutt; Rev. Cact. 1: 13 (1897)

= Cereus engelmannii var. pfersdorffii Heiden ex Orcutt; Rev. Cact. 1: 13 (1897)

= Echinocereus engelmannii f. stoughtonii Guiggi; Cact. Explor. 29: 68 (2024)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. magnursensis Berresf. & M.Terry; Echinocereenfreund 32(4): 103, figs. 3-10, 22-26 (2019)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. porphyrogenitus M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. xiphizon M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022)

= Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 33 (1969)

= Echinocereus engelmannii var. robustior Hildm.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 194 (1894)

= Echinocereus engelmannii var. versicolor Miers; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 194 (1894)

= Pilocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem.; Ill. Hort. 9(Misc.): 98 (1862)

variant :

var. acicularis L.D.Benson; Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 138 (1969)

Distribution: USA (Arizona desert, edges of Mohave, Colorado deserts, S-California: Riverside Co., S-Arizona); N-Mexico (N-Baja California Norte)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. acicularis (L.D.Benson) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 2 (2022)

variant :

var. chrysocentrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 806 (1885)

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus engelmannii var. chrysocentrus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Syn. Cact. U.S. 27 (1856)

= Echinocereus chrysocentrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Orcutt; Cactography 4 (1926)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. chrysocentrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Guiggi; Cact. Explor. 29: 65 (2024), isonym

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. chrysocentrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 2 (2022)

variant :

var. howei L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 80 (1974)

Distribution: USA (SE-California)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. howei (L.D.Benson) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022)

variant :

var. munzii (Parish) Pierce & Fosberg; Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 32: 123 (1933)

Distribution: USA (S-California: San Bernardino, San Jacinto, ?Laguna Mts.); N-Mexico (NW-Baja California Norte)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus munzii Parish; Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25: 48 (1926)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. munzii (Parish) Guiggi; Cact. Explor. 29: 67 (2024), isonym

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. munzii (Parish) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022)

= Echinocereus munzii (Parish) L.D.Benson; Amer. J. Bot. 28: 361 (1941)

variant :

var. purpureus L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 126 (1969)

Distribution: USA (SW-Utah)

76 USA

variant :

var. variegatus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Engelm. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 806 (1885)

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Utah)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus engelmannii var. variegatus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Syn. Cact. U.S. 27 (1856)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. variegatus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) E.Lutz; Echinocereenfreund 13(4): 97 (2000)

species :

Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 111 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. enneacanthus

Name: Alicoche, Banana Cactus, Cob Cactus, Green Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus, Pitaya, Prostrate Hedgehog Cactus, Purple Pitaya, Strawberry Cactus, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: USA (S-Texas, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus blanckii Poselg.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 21: 134 (1853)

= Cereus dubius Engelm.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory], 1 (Cact.): 36 (1859)

= Cereus enneacanthus Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 50 (1849)

= Cereus merkeri (Hildm.) A.Berger; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 81 (1905)

= Echinocereus berlandieri var. blanckii (Poselg.) P.Fourn.; Cactées Pl. Grasses 21 (1935)

= Echinocereus blanckii (Poselg.) Haage; Verz. Cact. 1861: 19 (1861)

= Echinocereus carnosus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 787 (1885)

= Echinocereus dubius (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 787 (1886)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus f. intermedius W.O.Moore; Brittonia 19: 93 (1967), cited type a mixed gathering.

= Echinocereus enneacanthus subsp. carnosus (Rümpler) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus subsp. intermedius (W.O.Moore) Blum & Lange; Echinocereenfreund 29(3): 106 (2016)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus var. carnosus (Rümpler) J.Neumann; Blüh. Kakteen And. Sukk. Pflanzen 7 (1930)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus var. carnosus (Rümpler) Quehl; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 114 (1908)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus var. dubius (Engelm.) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

= Echinocereus merkeri Hildm. ex K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 1: 277 (1898)

= Echinocereus sarissophorus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 38 (1922)

= Echinocereus uehri Blanc ex F.Haage; Choice Cacti 13 (1897)

= Echinocereus uspenskii F.Haage; Choice Cacti 13 (1897)

subspecies :

subsp. brevispinus (W.O.Moore) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico); Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus enneacanthus f. brevispinus W.O.Moore; Brittonia 19: 93 (1967)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus var. brevispinus (W.O.Moore) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

species :

Echinocereus fasciculatus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson; Cacti Ariz., ed. 3, 21, 132 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. fasciculatus

Name: Bundle Hedgehog, Pitahayita, Robust Hedgehog, Short-Spined Strawberry Cactus, Strawberry Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Arizona); Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cactus fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 259 (1891), nom. illeg.

= Chilita fasciculata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 5: 15 (1954)

= Ebnerella fasciculata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Buxb.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 89 (1951)

= Echinocereus abbeae Parsons; Desert Pl. Life 9: 6 (1937)

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. fasciculatus (Engelm. ex S.Watson) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 2 (1998)

= Echinocereus fendleri var. fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 2(2): 252 (1985)

= Echinocereus fendleri var. robustus (Peebles) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 259 (1944)

= Echinocereus rectispinus var. robustus Peebles; Amer. J. Bot. 25: 675 (1938)

= Echinocereus robustus (Peebles) Peebles; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 219 (1940)

= Mammillaria fasciculata Engelm.; Notes Milit. Reconn. [Emory] 156, f. 2 (1848) (non Britton & Rose 1923)

= Mammillaria fasciculata Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 2: 157 (1895)

= Neomammillaria fasciculata (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 162 (1923)

subspecies :

subsp. boyce-thompsonii (Orcutt) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

Name: Boyce-Thompsons Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (C-Arizona)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus boyce-thompsonii Orcutt; Cactography 4 (1926)

= Echinocereus fasciculatus var. boyce-thompsonii (Orcutt) L.D.Benson; (1969)

= Echinocereus fendleri var. boyce-thompsonii (Orcutt) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 260 (1944)

species :

Echinocereus felixianus H.Bauer; Echinocereus Online-J. 2(Sonderheft): IX, photogr. (2014)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)

79 MEX

Remarks: provisionally accepted name, close to E. dasyacanthus and E. ctenoides

species :

Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) Sencke ex J.N.Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 22 (1860)

subspecies :

subsp. fendleri

Name: Fendler´s Hedgehog Cactus, Fendler Needle-Spine Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)

73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus fendleri Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 51 (1849)

= Cereus fendleri var. pauperculus Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 51 (1849)

= Cereus hempelii (Fobe) Mottet; Dict. Prat. Hort. 5: 739 (1898-1899)

= Echinocereus albiflorus Weing.; Kakteenkunde 1933: 156 (1933)

= Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 2(13/14): 801 (1885), isonym

= Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 815 (1903), isonym

= Echinocereus fendleri subsp. hempelii (Fobe) W.Blum; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 2 (1998)

= Echinocereus fendleri var. albiflorus (Weing.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2047 (1960)

= Echinocereus fendleri var. pauperculus (Engelm.) G.Unger; Echinocereenfreund 7: 87 (1994)

= Echinocereus hempelii Fobe; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 187 (1897)

subspecies :

subsp. kuenzleri (Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.) W.Blum & D.Felix; Echinocereus Online-J. 2(2): 105 (2014)

Distribution: SW-USA

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri (Castetter, Pierce & K.H.Schwer.) L.D.Benson; Cacti U. S. Canada 942 (1982)

= Echinocereus kuenzleri Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48(2): 77 (1976)

subspecies :

subsp. rectispinus (Peebles) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus fendleri var. rectispinus (Peebles) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 259 (1944)

= Echinocereus rectispinus Peebles; Amer. J. Bot. 25: 675 (1938)

species :

Echinocereus ferreirianus H.E.Gates; Saguaroland Bull. 7: 10 (1953)

subspecies :

subsp. ferreirianus

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. lindsayi (J.Meyrán) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Name: Lindsay´s Cactus, Lindsay´s Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: Mexico (N-Baja California Norte)

79 MEX

Conservation Status: very rare, 1 locality only, severely threatened by collecting

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus ferreirianus var. lindsayi (J.Meyrán) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 46 (1985)

= Echinocereus lindsayi J.Meyrán; Cact. Suc. Mex. 20(4): 80 (1975)

species :

Echinocereus grandis Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 18 (1922)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 170 (1895)

Name: Peyote verde

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus knippelianus (Liebner) Orcutt; W. Amer. Sci. 13: 27 (1902)

= Echinocereus inermis Haage ex Hirscht; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 130 (1898)

= Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. kaplani Halda & Sladk.; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(1): 34 (2000)

= Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. kruegeri (Glass & R.A.Foster) C.E.Glass; Guía Identif. Cact. Amenazadas México [Glass] 1: Echinoce/kn subsp. kruegeri (1998 publ. 1997)

= Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. kruegeri (Glass & R.A.Foster) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (5) (1998), isonym

= Echinocereus knippelianus subsp. reyesii (A.B.Lau) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (6) (1998)

= Echinocereus knippelianus var. kruegeri Glass & R.A.Foster; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50(2): 80 (1978)

= Echinocereus knippelianus var. reyesii A.B.Lau; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 52(6): 265 (1980)

species :

Echinocereus kroenleinii (Mich.Lange) W.Blum & Waldeis; Echinocereenfreund 12: 102 (1999)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus poselgeri subsp. kroenleinii (A.Cartier) Mich.Lange; Kakteen And. Sukk. 46(6): 138 (1995)

= Wilcoxia kroenleinii A.Cartier; Succulentes 1980(2): 2 (1980), contrary to Art. 37.3 ICBN (2000)

species :

Echinocereus laui G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 29(4): 74 (1978)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus ledingii Peebles; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 8: 35 (1936)

Name: Leding´s Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: USA (SE-Arizona)

76 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus fendleri var. ledingii (Peebles) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 2(2): 253 (1985)

species :

Echinocereus leucanthus N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 136 (1985)

Distribution: Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Wilcoxia albiflora Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 33: Suppl., 16 (1952)

species :

Echinocereus longisetus (Engelm.) Lem.; Cactées 57 (1868)

subspecies :

subsp. longisetus

Distribution: Mexico (NC-Coahuila, WC-Nuevo Leon)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus barcena Rebut ex A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 175 (1929)

= Cereus longisetus Engelm.; Descr. Cact. [Engelmann & Bigelow] 32 (1856)

subspecies :

subsp. delaetii (Gürke) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (S-Coahuila)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cephalocereus delaetii (Gürke) Gürke; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 116 (1909)

= Echinocereus delaetii (Gürke) Gürke; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 131 (1909)

= Echinocereus longisetus var. delaetii (Gürke) N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 79 (1988)

subspecies :

subsp. freudenbergeri (G.Frank) W.Blum; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 6 (1998)

Distribution: Mexico (S-Coahuila)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus delaetii var. freudenbergeri (G.Frank) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 97 (1985)

= Echinocereus freudenbergeri G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 32(5): 105 (1981)

species :

Echinocereus mapimiensis E.F.Anderson, W.C.Hodgs. & P.Quirk; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 70(6): 285 (1998)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Durango)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus maritimus (M.E.Jones) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 1: 273 (1897)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus flaviflorus Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 391 (1896)

= Cereus maritimus M.E.Jones; Amer. Naturalist 17: 973 (1883)

= Echinocereus flaviflorus (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.); Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 264, 274 (1898)

= Echinocereus hancockii E.Y.Dawson; Desert Pl. Life 21: 89 (1949)

= Echinocereus maritimus subsp. hancockii (E.Y.Dawson) W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (6) (1998)

= Echinocereus maritimus var. hancockii (E.Y.Dawson) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 44 (1985)

= Echinocereus orcuttii Rose ex Orcutt; Cactography 4 (1926)

species :

Echinocereus nicholii (L.D.Benson) B.D.Parfitt; Phytologia 63(3): 157 (1987)

Name: Golden Hedgehog, Nichol´s Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: USA (S-Arizona); Mexico (N-Sonora)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. llanuraensis (Rutow) Felger; Proc. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 35: 20 (1999)

= Echinocereus engelmannii var. nicholii L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 258 (1944)

= Echinocereus llanuraensis (Rutow) W.Blum & D.Felix; Echinocereenfreund 15(1): 16 (2002)

= Echinocereus nicholii subsp. llanuraensis Rutow; Echinocereenfreund 1995(3): 61-71 (1995)

species :

Echinocereus nivosus Glass & R.A.Foster; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50(1): 18 (1978), nom. nov.

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus albatus Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2007 (1960), nom. inval.

= Echinocereus longisetus var. albatus (Backeb.) W.Sterk; Succulenta (Netherlands) 59(1): 12 (1980)

species :

Echinocereus occidentalis (N.P.Taylor) W.Rischer, S.Breckw. & Breckw.; Echinocereenfreund 22(1): 23 (2008)

subspecies :

subsp. occidentalis

Distribution: Mexico (Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus stramineus subsp. occidentalis (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

= Echinocereus stramineus var. occidentalis N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 70 (1988)

subspecies :

subsp. breckwoldtiorum De-Nova, Cast.-Lara & W.Blum; Xerophilia S7.2: 4, photogrs. (2015)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus ortegae Rose; Cat. Alf. Pl. Sinaloa Fam. Cact. O. No. 3 (1929)

subspecies :

subsp. ortegae

Distribution: Mexico (Durango)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. koehresianus (G.Frank) W.Rischer & G.Frank; Echinocereenfreund 9(4): 100 (1996)

Distribution: Mexico (Sinaloa, Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus koehresianus (G.Frank) W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 22(3): 73 (2009)

= Echinocereus koehresianus subsp. gruberianus W.Rischer; Echinocereus Online-J. 2(1): 7 (2014)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. koehresianus G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 39(8): 188 (1988)

species :

Echinocereus pacificus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 12 (1922)

subspecies :

subsp. pacificus

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus phoeniceus var. pacificus Engelm.; W. Amer. Sci. 2: 95 (1886)

= Echinocereus polyacanthus subsp. pacificus (Engelm.) Breckw.; Echinocereenfreund 9(Sonderheft): 15 (1996)

= Echinocereus polyacanthus var. pacificus (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 1(4): 160 (1984)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. pacificus (Engelm. ex Orcutt) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. pacificus (Engelm.) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 23(3): 66 (1978)

subspecies :

subsp. mombergerianus (G.Frank) W.Blum, W.Rischer & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (6) (1998)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus mombergerianus G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 40(11): 274 (1989), et Echinocereenfreund 30(Sonderausgabe): 251 (2017)

= Echinocereus polyacanthus subsp. mombergerianus (G.Frank) Breckw.; Echinocereenfreund 9(Sonderheft): 15 (1996)

species :

Echinocereus palmeri Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 34 (1922)

subspecies :

subsp. palmeri

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus palmeri subsp. escobedensis W.Rischer; Kakteen And. Sukk. 54(5): 124 (2003)

subspecies :

subsp. mazapil H.M.Hern. & Gómez-Hin.; Bradleya 22: 2 (2004)

Distribution: Mexico (Zacatecas)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus pamanesiorum A.B.Lau; Cact. Suc. Mex. 26(2): 38 (1981)

subspecies :

subsp. pamanesiorum

Distribution: Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. bonatzii (R.C.Römer) R.C.Römer; Echinocereenfreund 10(2): 45 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Durango)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus adustus subsp. bonatzii (R.C.Römer) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 6: 15 (1998)

= Echinocereus bonatzii R.C.Römer; Echinocereenfreund 8(4): 98-113 (1995)

species :

Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 783 (1886)

Name: Yellow Alicoche, Yellow-Flowered Alicoche

Distribution: USA (S-Texas); Mexico (Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus papillosus (Linke ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler) A.Berger; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 80 (1905)

= Echinocereus angusticeps Clover; Rhodora 37: 79 (1935), et Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 7: 173, 174 (1936)

= Echinocereus berlandieri var. angusticeps (Clover) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48(2): 59 (1976)

= Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48(2): 59 (1976)

= Echinocereus blanckii var. angusticeps (Clover) L.D.Benson; (1969)

= Echinocereus blanckii var. papillosus (Linke ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 126 (1969)

= Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps (Clover) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 119 (1941)

= Echinocereus rungei K.Schum.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 124 (1895), nom. inval.

species :

Echinocereus parkeri N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 73 (1988)

subspecies :

subsp. parkeri

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. arteagensis W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [7] (1998)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus parkeri f. arteagensis (W.Blum & M.Lange) G.Frank & E.Scherer; Echinocereenfreund 11 (Sonderausgabe 1998): 61 (1998)

subspecies :

subsp. gonzalezii (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus parkeri var. gonzalezii N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 74 (1988)

subspecies :

subsp. mazapilensis W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [6] (1998)

Distribution: Mexico (Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus parkeri var. mazapilensis K.Neumann; Kaktusblüte 10: 55 (1993) (nom. prov.)

subspecies :

subsp. rayonesensis (N.P.Taylor) D.Felix & W.Blum; Echinocereus parkeri Gruppe 99 (2011)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus rayonesensis N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 6: 75 (1988)

species :

Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 110 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. pectinatus

Name: Texas Rainbow Cactus, Comb Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Rainbow Cactus

Distribution: USA (Arizona, Texas); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus dasyacanthus var. minor Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 279 (1856)

= Cereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 50 (1849)

= Echinocactus pectinatus Scheidw.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 5: 492 (1838)

= Echinocactus pectinifer Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 25 (1839)

= Echinocactus pectinifer var. laevior Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 26 (1839)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. candicans Rydb.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 111 (1893)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. castaneus Rydb.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 144 (1891)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. chrysacanthus K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 272 (1898)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. jamauvei Frič; Cactography 4 (1926)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. laevior Th.Wolf; Monatsschr. Kakteenk., index 56 (1912)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. minor (Engelm.) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 40: 125 (1968)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. reichenbachii Werderm.; Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Sonderbeih. C 2: t. 5 (1950)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. robustior Th.Wolf; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 7: 95 (1897)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. robustus F.A.Bauer; Gartenflora 39: 513 (1890)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. rufispinus K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 272 (1898)

= Echinopsis pectinata (Scheidw.) J.H.Fennell; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 11: 282 (1843)

= Echinopsis pectinata var. laevior Monv. ex C.F.Forst.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 365 (1846)

subspecies :

subsp. rutowiorum W.Blum; Cact. Explor. 12: 24 (2014)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. wenigeri (L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [7] (1998)

Name: Comb Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (S-Texas: along Rio Grande between Del Rio, Sanderson); N-Mexico (Coahuila)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. wenigeri L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 40: 124 (1968)

species :

Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) Engelm. ex Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1860: 23 (1860)

subspecies :

subsp. pentalophus

Name: Alicoche, Cardoncillo, Lady Finger Cactus

Distribution: USA (S-Texas); Mexico (Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus leptacanthus DC. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 101 (1837)

= Cereus pentalophus DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117 (1828)

= Cereus pentalophus var. leptacanthus Salm-Dyck; (1849)

= Cereus pentalophus var. radicans DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117 (1828)

= Cereus pentalophus var. simplex DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117 (1828)

= Cereus pentalophus var. subarticulatus DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 117 (1828)

= Cereus propinquus Salm-Dyck ex Otto; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 1: 366 (1833)

= Cereus propinquus var. subarticulatus H.Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 373 (1846)

= Echinocereus leptacanthus (Salm-Dyck) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 1: 260 (1898)

= Echinocereus procumbens var. longispinus Hirscht; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 135 (1902)

= Echinocereus runyonii Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)

subspecies :

subsp. leonensis (Mathsson) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus leonensis (Mathsson) Orcutt; W. Amer. Sci. 13: 27 (1902)

= Echinocereus leonensis Mathsson; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 66 (1891)

= Echinocereus pentalophus var. leonensis (Mathsson) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 78 (1985)

subspecies :

subsp. procumbens (Engelm.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [7] (1998)

Distribution: N-Mexico (Rio Grande to Tamaulipas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus procumbens Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 50 (1849)

= Echinocereus pentalophus var. procumbens (Engelm.) P.Fourn.; Cactées Pl. Grasses 25 (1935)

= Echinocereus procumbens (Engelm.) Lem.; Cactées 56 (1868)

species :

Echinocereus perplexus W.Blum & A.P.Campos; Echinocereenfreund 36(Sonderausgabe): 206 (2023)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed

species :

Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 104 (1848)

Name: Giant Claret-Cup Cactus, Salmon-Flowered Hedgehog, Spiny Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus leeanus Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 4417 (1849)

= Cereus pacificus J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 397 (1896)

= Cereus pleiogonus Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 317 (1853)

= Cereus polyacanthus Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 51 (1849)

= Echinocereus durangensis Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 800 (1885)

= Echinocereus durangensis var. nigrispinus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 800 (1885)

= Echinocereus durangensis var. rufispinus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 800 (1885)

= Echinocereus leeanus (Hook.) Lem. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 828 (1885)

= Echinocereus leeanus var. multicostatus (Cels) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 289 (1898)

= Echinocereus multicostatus Cels; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 834 (1885)

= Echinocereus pleiogonus (Labour.) Croucher; Garden (London, 1871-1927) 13: 290 (1878)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. polyacanthus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. polyacanthus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 253 (1944)

species :

Echinocereus poselgeri Lem.; Cactées 57 (1868)

Name: Dahlia Cactus, Lead Pencil Cactus, Pencil Cactus, Sacasil

Distribution: USA (S-Texas); Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus poselgeri (Lem.) J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 398 (1896)

= Cereus tuberosus Poselg.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 21: 135 (1853) (non Pfeiff. 1837)

= Echinocereus poselgeri subsp. gerhardii Waldeis, W.Blum & D.Felix; Echinocereenfreund 21(Sonderausgabe): 53 (2008)

= Echinocereus tamaulipensis (Werderm.) Mich.Lange; Kakteen And. Sukk. 46(6): 139 (1995)

= Echinocereus tamaulipensis var. brevissima A.Cartier; Succulentes 2nd ser., 1980(4): 7 (1980), nom. prov. without latin descr. or type

= Echinocereus tuberosus Poselg. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 783 (1886)

= Wilcoxia poselgeri (Lem.) Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 434 (1909)

= Wilcoxia tamaulipensis var. brevispina A.Cartier; Maandbl. Liefhebb. Cact. Vetpl. 3(8): 123 (1990)

= Wilcoxia tamaulipensis Werderm.; Kakteenk. & Kakteenfr. 1938: 86 (1938)

= Wilcoxia tuberosa (Poselg.) A.Berger; (1929) (nom. illeg.)

species :

Echinocereus primolanatus Fritz Schwarz ex N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 130 (1985)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Guanajuato, Jalisco, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus primolanatus Fritz Schwarz ex Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2043 (1960)

species :

Echinocereus pseudopectinatus (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 7: 74 (1989)

Distribution: USA (SE-Arizona); Mexico (Sonora)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus bristolii var. pseudopectinatus N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 120 (1985)

= Echinocereus scopulorum subsp. pseudopectinatus (N.P.Taylor) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (9) (1998)

species :

Echinocereus pulchellus (Mart.) K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 185 (1894)

Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Conservation Status: Endangered

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus amoena (A.Dietr.) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 1: 540 (1880)

= Cereus pulchellus Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 74 (1837)

= Echinocactus pulchellus Mart.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 342. t. 23, f. 2 (1832)

= Echinocereus amoenus (A.Dietr.) F.A.C.Weber ex F.Haage; Cacteen-Cultur 116 (1892)

= Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. sladkovskyi Halda & Kupčák; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(1): 34 (2000)

= Echinocereus pulchellus var. amoenus (A.Dietr.) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 253 (1897)

= Echinocereus pulchellus var. costatus Halda, Kupčák & Sladk.; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(1): 34 (2000)

= Echinonyctanthus pulchellus (Pfeiff.) Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 85 (1839)

= Echinopsis amoena A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 12: 187 (1844)

= Echinopsis pulchella var. amoena (A.Dietr.) C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 364 (1846)

= Echinopsis pulchella Zucc. ex C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 363 (1846)

species :

Echinocereus rebmanii W.Blum & R.Goris; Echinocereenfreund 36(Sonderausgabe): 194 (2023)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Sur)

79 MEX

Remarks: provisionally accepted name, status unconfirmed

species :

Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck) F.Haage ex Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 3: 25 (1922)

subspecies :

subsp. reichenbachii

Name: Black Lace Cactus, Classen´s Cactus, Fitch´s Hedgehog Cactus, Lace Cactus, Merry Widow Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus

Distribution: USA (NC-Texas, S-Texas, Oklahoma); Mexico (Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

74 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus caespitosus Engelm. & A.Gray; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 247 (1845)

= Cereus caespitosus var. castaneus Engelm.; Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 203 (1850)

= Cereus caespitosus var. major Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 280 (1856)

= Cereus caespitosus var. minor Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 280 (1856)

= Cereus concolor J.M.Bigelow; Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot., Add.: ii (1856)

= Cereus pectinifer Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 320 (1853)

= Cereus reichenbachianus Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 318 (1853)

= Cereus reichenbachianus var. castaneus Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 319 (1853)

= Echinocactus reichenbachii Terscheck; Suppl. Cact. Verz. 2 (1830), ex Walp. Rep. 2: 320 (1843)

= Echinocereus caespitosus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 110 (1848)

= Echinocereus caespitosus f. castaneus (Engelm.) Borg; Cacti [Borg] 174 (1927)

= Echinocereus caespitosus var. castaneus (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 811 (1885)

= Echinocereus caespitosus var. major (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 811 (1885)

= Echinocereus castaneus (Engelm.) Haage; Verz. Cact. 1861: 19 (1861)

= Echinocereus mariae Backeb.; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 20: 19 (1965)

= Echinocereus melanocentrus Lowry; (1936) (not validly published)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. caespitosus (Engelm.) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 272 (1898)

= Echinocereus purpureus Lahman; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 141 (1935)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. caespitosus (Engelm.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (8) (1998)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii subsp. comanchensis D.Felix, Oldach & J.Oldach; Echinocereus reichenbachii-fitchii-Komplex 209 (2005)

= Echinocereus rotatus Linke; Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 85 (1858)

= Echinocereus texensis Jacobi; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 24: 110 (1856)

= Echinopsis pectinata var. reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1844 ed.]: 26 (1845)

= Echinopsis reichenbachiana Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 365 (1846)

= Mammillaria caespitosa (Engelm.) A.Gray; Struct. Bot. 421 (1887), nom. illeg.

subspecies :

subsp. albertii (L.D.Benson) Pilbeam; Echinocereus [J.Pilbeam] 117 (2011)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Remarks: often included in subsp. fitchii

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus fitchii subsp. albertii (L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (5) (1998)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. armatus (Poselg.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo Leon)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus pectinatus var. armatus Poselg.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 21: 134 (1853)

= Echinocereus armatus (Poselg.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 179 (1929)

= Echinocereus fitchii subsp. armatus (Poselg.) W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (5) (1998)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. armatus (Poselg.) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 133 (1985)

subspecies :

subsp. baileyi (Rose) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: USA (SW-Oklahoma: Wichita Mts., Texas)

74 USA 77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus albispinus Lahman; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 143 (1935)

= Echinocereus baileyi Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 403 (1909)

= Echinocereus baileyi var. albispinus (Lahman) Backeb.; Kakteenkunde 1941: 47 (1941)

= Echinocereus baileyi var. brunispinus Backeb.; Kakteenkunde 1941: 4 (1941)

= Echinocereus baileyi var. caespiticus Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2011 (1960)

= Echinocereus baileyi var. flavispinus Backeb.; Kakteenkunde 1941: 4 (1941)

= Echinocereus baileyi var. roseispinus Backeb.; Kakteenkunde 1941: 4 (1941)

= Echinocereus longispinus Lahman; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22: 128 (1950)

= Echinocereus oklahomensis Lahman; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 141 (1935), et ibid. 22: 128 (1950)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albispinus (Lahman) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. baileyi (Rose) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 133 (1985)

subspecies :

subsp. burrensis G.Frank, Metorn & E.Scherer; Echinocereenfreund 13(3): 77 (2000)

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. fitchii (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: USA (S-Texas: along Rio Grande); Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus fitchii Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 30 (1922)

= Echinocereus fitchii subsp. bergmannii W.Blum; Echinocereus reichenbachii-fitchii-Komplex 265 (2005)

= Echinocereus melanocentrus W.E.Lowry; Desert Pl. Life 8: 20 (1936), anglice

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. fitchii (Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. perbellus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: USA (S-Colorado, New Mexico, N-Texas, C-Texas); Mexico (Coahuila)

73 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus caespitosus var. perbellus (Britton & Rose) comb.ined.

= Echinocereus perbellus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 24 (1922)

= Echinocereus reichenbachii var. perbellus (Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

species :

Echinocereus relictus Wellard; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 10(2): 354, figs. 1-4 (2016)

Distribution: USA (Utah)

76 USA

species :

Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) Hirscht; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 6: 127 (1896)

subspecies :

subsp. rigidissimus

Name: Arizona Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus, Sonoran Rainbow Cactus

Distribution: USA (S-Arizona, SW-New Mexico); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora)

76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus Engelm.; Syn. Cact. U.S. 23 (1856)

= Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 119 (1941)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 818 (1885)

= Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 293 (1909), isonym

subspecies :

subsp. rubispinus (G.Frank & A.B.Lau) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. rubispinus G.Frank & A.B.Lau; Kakteen And. Sukk. 33(2): 35 (1982)

= Echinocereus rigidissimus var. rubispinus (G.Frank & A.B.Lau) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 1(4): 175 (1984)

species :

Echinocereus russanthus D.Weniger; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 41 (1969)

Name: Green-flowered Pitaya, Green-Flowered Torch Cactus, Varied Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (SW-Texas: SW-Brewster Co.); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus chloranthus var. russanthus (D.Weniger) J.G.Lamb. ex Rowley; Repert. Pl. Succ. 23: 7 (1972 publ. 1974)

= Echinocereus russanthus subsp. fiehnii (Trocha) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (8) (1998)

= Echinocereus russanthus subsp. weedinii Leuck ex W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (8) (1998)

= Echinocereus russanthus var. fiehnii Trocha; Echinocereenfreund 10(3): 69 (1997)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. russanthus (D.Weniger) A.D.Zimmerman; Cacti Trans-Pecos 263 (2004)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. weedinii (Leuck ex W.Blum & Mich.Lange) A.D.Zimmerman; Cacti Trans-Pecos 270 (2004)

species :

Echinocereus salm-dyckianus Scheer; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 291 (1856)

Distribution: Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus salm-dyckianus (Scheer) Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 1: 545 (1880)

= Echinocereus salm-dyckianus f. obscuriensis (A.B.Lau) W.Rischer & Trocha; Echinocereenfreund Sonderausgabe 1999: 10 (1999)

= Echinocereus salm-dyckianus subsp. obscuriensis (A.B.Lau) W.Blum; Echinocereenfreund 7(3): 82 (1994)

= Echinocereus salm-dyckianus var. noctiflorus Heid; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 27 (1944)

= Echinocereus scheeri subsp. obscuriensis (A.B.Lau) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. obscuriensis A.B.Lau; Kakteen And. Sukk. 40(2): 36 (1989)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. salm-dyckianus (Scheer) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. 27: 29 (1995)

species :

Echinocereus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Scheer; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 291 (1856)

subspecies :

subsp. scheeri

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sonora, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus scheeri Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 190 (1850)

= Echinocereus bacanorensis (W.Rischer & Trocha) W.Blum; Echinocereenfreund 30(Sonderausgabe): 406 (2017)

= Echinocereus klapperi subsp. bacanorensis (W.Rischer & Trocha) W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 16(1): 22 (2003)

= Echinocereus klapperi W.Blum; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [5] (1998)

= Echinocereus rischeri (R.C.Römer) W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 20(4): 118 (2007)

= Echinocereus salm-dyckianus subsp. bacanorensis Rischer & Trocha; Echinocereenfreund 11(1): 3-10 (1998)

= Echinocereus salmianus K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 255 (1897)

= Echinocereus sanpedroensis Raudonat & W.Rischer; Echinocereenfreund 15: 54 (2002)

= Echinocereus santaritensis subsp. bacanorensis (W.Rischer & Trocha) W.Rischer & D.Felix; Echinocereenfreund 19(3): 91 (2006)

= Echinocereus scheeri subsp. paridensis W.Rischer & Trocha; Echinocereenfreund 11(3): 58-65 (1998)

= Echinocereus scheeri subsp. polyacanthoides Momb.; Kaktusblüte 1994: 58-60 (1994)

= Echinocereus scheeri subsp. rischeri R.C.Römer; Echinocereenfreund 17(1): 8 (2004)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. major Focke; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 175 (1905)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. minor Hutch. & Dalziel; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 175 (1905)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. nigrispinus Scheer; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 291 (1856)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. robustior Focke; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 161 (1905)

subspecies :

subsp. chaletii (W.Rischer) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 34: 12 (2016)

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus chaletii W.Rischer; Cactus & Co. 13(3): 49 (2009)

subspecies :

subsp. gentryi (Clover) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus cucumis Werderm.; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 4: 4 (1949)

= Echinocereus gentryi Clover; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 565 (1938)

= Echinocereus scheeri subsp. cucumis (Werderm.) W.Blum & Oldach; Echinocereenfreund 36(Sonderausgabe): 190 (2023)

= Echinocereus scheeri var. gentryi (Clover) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 1(4): 154 (1984)

species :

Echinocereus schereri G.Frank; Kakteen And. Sukk. 41(8): 159 (1990)

Distribution: Mexico (Durango)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus schmollii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 140 (1985)

Name: Lamb´s-Tail Cactus

Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus schmollii Weing.; Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 251, et Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1932 4: 189 (1931)

= Wilcoxia nerispina A.Cartier; Succulentes 2nd ser., 1980(4): 9 (1980) (nom. prov. without latin descr. or type)

= Wilcoxia schmollii (Weing.) Backeb.; Blätt. Kakteenf. 11: 2 (1935)

= Wilcoxia schmollii var. lanata A.Cartier; Succulentes 2nd ser., 1980(4): 8 (1980), nom. prov. without latin descr. or type, et Maandbl. Liefhebb. Cact. Vetpl. 3(10): 146 (1990) (nom. prov.)

species :

Echinocereus sciurus (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 22 (1922)

subspecies :

subsp. sciurus

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus sciurus K.Brandegee; Zoe 5: 192 (1904)

= Echinocereus subterraneus Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2012 (1960)

subspecies :

subsp. floresii (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (Sinaloa)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus bristolii subsp. floresii (Backeb.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (3) (1998)

= Echinocereus floresii Backeb.; Blätt. Sukkulentenk. 1: 5 (1949)

= Echinocereus sciurus var. floresii (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 115 (1985)

species :

Echinocereus scopulorum Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 30 (1922)

Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Isla Tiburon)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus sharpii (N.P.Taylor) Dan.Sánchez & Gómez-Quint.; Brittonia 72(4): 448 (2020)

Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi)

79 MEX

Conservation Status: rare, endangered

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. sharpii (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

= Echinocereus pulchellus var. sharpii N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 7: 75 (1989)

species :

Echinocereus spinigemmatus A.B.Lau; Kakteen And. Sukk. 35(11): 250 (1984)

Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Zacatecas)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus stolonifer W.T.Marshall; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 159 (1938)

subspecies :

subsp. stolonifer

Distribution: Mexico (SE-Sonora)

79 MEX

subspecies :

subsp. tayopensis (W.T.Marshall) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (E-Sonora, W-Chihuahua)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus stolonifer var. tayopensis (W.T.Marshall) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 2: 258 (1985)

= Echinocereus stolonifer subsp. tayopensis (W.T.Marshall) G.Pichl.; Echinocereenfreund 7(4): 93-106 (1994) (without basionym ref.)

= Echinocereus tayopensis W.T.Marshall; Saguaroland Bull. 10: 78 (1956)

species :

Echinocereus stramineus Engelm. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 797 (1886)

Name: Agostena, Pitaya, Porcupine Hedgehog Cactus, Sanjuanera, Spiny Strawberry Hedgehog, Strawberry Cactus, Straw-Colored Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus conglomeratus (C.F.Först. ex K.Schum.) A.Berger; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 81 (1905)

= Cereus stramineus Engelm.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory], 1 (Cact.): 35, t. 46 (1859)

= Echinocereus conglomeratus C.F.Först. ex K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 279 (1898)

= Echinocereus conglomeratus Mathsson; Gartenflora 39: 465 (1890)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus var. conglomeratus (C.F.Först. ex K.Schum.) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46(2): 80 (1974)

= Echinocereus enneacanthus var. stramineus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 127 (1969)

= Echinocereus stramineus subsp. conglomeratus (C.F.Först. ex K.Schum.) W.Blum; Xerophilia S7.2: 16, photogr. (2015)

= Echinocereus stramineus var. conglomeratus (C.F.Först. ex K.Schum.) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 19(2): 47 (1974)

species :

Echinocereus subinermis Salm-Dyck ex Scheer; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 291 (1856)

subspecies :

subsp. subinermis

Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus subinermis Hemsl.; Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 1: 546 (1880)

= Echinocereus luteus Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 239 (1913)

= Echinocereus subinermis var. luteus (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 312 (1936)

subspecies :

subsp. ochoterenae (J.G.Ortega) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Distribution: Mexico (S-Sinaloa)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus ochoterenae J.G.Ortega; Revista Forest. Mex. 6: 88 (1928), et Anales Inst. Biol. Mexico 1: 177 (1930)

= Echinocereus subinermis var. ochoterenae (J.G.Ortega) G.Unger; Kakteen And. Sukk. 35(7): 164 (1984)

species :

Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 93 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. triglochidiatus

Name: Black-Spined Claret-Cup Cactus, Claret-Cup Cactus, King´s Crown Cactus, Robust Claret-Cup Hedgehog, Rose´s Claret-Cup Cactus, Rose´s Hedgehog, Spineless Hedgehog, White-Spined Claret-Cup Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (W-Texas, S-Colorado, Arizona, California); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

73 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus gonacanthus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, no. 3), Bot. [Whipple]: 33, t. 5, f. 2, 3 (1856)

= Cereus hexaedrus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, no. 3), Bot. [Whipple]: 34 (1856)

= Cereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 395 (1896)

= Cereus triglochidiatus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 51 (1849)

= Echinocereus coccineus var. octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Boissev.; Colorado Cact. 39 (1940)

= Echinocereus gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Lem.; Cactées 57 (1868)

= Echinocereus hexaedrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Engelm. ex Rümpler; (1886)

= Echinocereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 13 (1922)

= Echinocereus paucispinus var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 281 (1898)

= Echinocereus paucispinus var. hexaedrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 281 (1898)

= Echinocereus paucispinus var. triglochidiatus (Engelm.) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 281 (1898)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Boissev.; Colorado Cact. 36 (1940)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. hexaedrus (Engelm.) Boissev.; Colorado Cact. 36 (1940)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. multicostatus (Cels) W.T.Marshall; Saguaroland Bull. 7: 67 (1953)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. octacanthus (J.M.Coult.) Muehlenpf. ex W.T.Marshall

= Echinopsis octacantha Muehlenpf.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 16: 19 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [9] (1998)

Name: Mojave Hedgehog

Distribution: USA (E-California, SE-California (Mono Co., south), SC-Nevada, S-Nevada, SW-Utah, W-Arizona); Mexico (NE-Baja California Norte)

76 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus bigelovii Engelm.; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, no. 4), Bot. [Whipple] t. 4, f. 8 (1857)

= Cereus mohavensis S.Watson; Bibliogr. Index N. Amer. Bot. 398 (1878)

= Cereus mojavensis Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow; Pacif. Railr. Rep. 4(5, no. 3), Bot. [Whipple]: 33 (1856)

= Cereus mojavensis var. zuniensis Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 281 (1856)

= Echinocereus coccineus subsp. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8 (1997)

= Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Engelm. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 803 (1886)

= Echinocereus mojavensis var. zuniensis (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 803 (1886)

= Echinocereus sandersi Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson; (1944)

= Echinocereus zuniensis (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rümpler

species :

Echinocereus viereckii Werderm.; Kakteenkunde 188 (1934)

subspecies :

subsp. viereckii

Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus viereckii subsp. santamariensis W.Blum & D.Felix; Echinocereenfreund 23(3): 65 (2010)

subspecies :

subsp. morricalii (Ríha) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Distribution: NE-Mexico (WC-Nuevo Leon)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus morricalii Ríha; Kaktusy (Brno) 11(4): 75 (1975)

= Echinocereus viereckii subsp. huastecensis W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Rutow; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (9) (1998)

= Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii (Ríha) N.P.Taylor; Gen. Echinocereus 93 (1985)

species :

Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm.; Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 91 (1848)

subspecies :

subsp. viridiflorus

Name: Green-flowered Torch Cactus, Nylon Cactus, Brown-Flowered Hedgehog, Brown-spined Hedgehog, Correll´s Green Pitaya, Golden-Spine Hedgehog Cactus, Davis´s Green Pitaya, Green-Flowered Torch Cactus, Green Hedgehog, Varied Hedgehog, Varied Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: USA (New Mexico, Texas, South Dakota, E-Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma)

73 USA 74 USA 77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus viridiflorus (Engelm.) Engelm.; Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4(1): 50 (1849)

= Cereus viridiflorus var. minor Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 278 (1856)

= Cereus viridiflorus var. tubulosus J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 383 (1896)

= Echinocactus viridiflorus (Engelm.) Pritz.; Icon. Bot. Index [Pritzel] 2: 114 (1855)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. gracilispinus Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 814 (1885)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. intermedius Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2015 (1960)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. major Bridson; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 142 (1906)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. rubra Frič; Českoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 121 (1924)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. tubulosus (J.M.Coult.) A.Heller; Cat. N. Amer. Pl., ed. 2: 8 (1900)

variant :

var. canus A.M.Powell & Weedin; Echinocereus Sekt. Echinocereus 254 (2012)

Distribution: USA (Texas)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus canus (A.M.Powell & Weedin) D.Felix & H.Bauer; Echinocereus Sekt. Echinocereus 259 (2012)

subspecies :

subsp. chloranthus (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Name: Green-flowered Torch Cactus, Green-flowered Pitaya

Distribution: USA (Texas, New Mexico, extreme S-Colorado); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus chloranthus Engelm.; Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory], 1 (Cact.): 29 (1859)

= Echinocereus blumii D.Felix & H.Bauer; Echinocereus Sekt. Echinocereus 221 (2012)

= Echinocereus carmenensis W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Scherer; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 3 (1998)

= Echinocereus chloranthus (Engelm.) Haage; Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 19 (1859)

= Echinocereus chloranthus subsp. neocapillus (Weniger) Fürsch; (1993)

= Echinocereus chloranthus subsp. rhyolithensis W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 4 (1998)

= Echinocereus chloranthus var. neocapillus Weniger; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 39 (1969)

= Echinocereus milleri W.Blum, Kuenzler & Oldach; Echinocereenfreund 12(3): 69 (1999)

= Echinocereus neocapillus (Weniger) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (6) (1998)

= Echinocereus russanthus subsp. weedinii Leuck. ex W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 8 (1998)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. neocapillus (D.Weniger) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. chloranthus (Engelm.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2015 (1960)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. cylindricus (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rümpler

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. neocapillus (D.Weniger) A.D.Zimmerman; Cacti Trans-Pecos 267 (2004)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. weedinii (Leuck. ex W.Blum & Mich.Lange) A.D.Zimmerman; Cacti Trans-Pecos 270 (2004)

subspecies :

subsp. correllii (L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): [10] (1998)

Distribution: USA (SC-New Mexico, SW-Texas: Big Bend)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. correllii L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 128 (1969)

subspecies :

subsp. cylindricus (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Distribution: USA (Texas, SC-New Mexico); Mexico (Coahuila)

77 USA 79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus viridiflorus var. cylindricus Engelm.; Syn. Cact. U.S. 22 (1856)

= Echinocereus chloranthus subsp. cylindricus (Engelm.) W.Blum & Mich.Lange; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): (3) (1998)

= Echinocereus chloranthus var. cylindricus (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 1(4): 169 (1984)

= Echinocereus standleyi Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 24 (1922)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. cylindricus (Engelm.) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 812 (1885)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. standleyi (Britton & Rose) Orcutt

subspecies :

subsp. davisii (Houghton) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)

Name: Davis´s hedgehog cactus

Distribution: USA (Texas: Brewster Co., S of Marathon)

77 USA

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus davisii Houghton; J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 2: 466 (1931)

= Echinocereus subinermis var. aculeatus G.Unger; Kakteen And. Sukk. 35: 164 (1984)

= Echinocereus viridiflorus var. davisii (Houghton) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 119 (1941)

species :

Echinocereus waldeisii Haugg; Kakteen And. Sukk. 45(1): 6 (1994)

Distribution: Mexico (San Luis Potosí)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus tamaulipensis subsp. deherdtii Mich.Lange; Kakteen And. Sukk. 46(6): 140 (1995)

= Echinocereus tamaulipensis subsp. waldeisii (Haugg) Mich.Lange; Kakteen And. Sukk. 46(6): 142 (1995)

species :

Echinocereus websterianus G.E.Linds.; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 19: 153 (1947)

Distribution: Mexico (Sonora: Isla San Pedro Nolasco)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus weinbergii Weing.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 83 (1912)

subspecies :

subsp. weinbergii

Distribution: Mexico (Zacatecas, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. weinbergii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 9 (1997)

= Echinocereus pulchellus var. weinbergii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor; Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 2(2): 272 (1985)

subspecies :

subsp. venustus (W.Blum & W.Rischer) Gómez-Quint. & Dan.Sánchez; Brittonia 72(4): 449 (2020)

Distribution: Mexico (Zacatecas, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí)

79 MEX

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. venustus W.Blum & W.Rischer; Echinocereus Monogr. [W. Blum et al.] (preprint): 7 (1998)

species :

Echinocereus yavapaiensis M.A.Baker; Pl. Syst. Evol. 258(1-2): 79 (2006)

Distribution: USA (Arizona)

76 USA

species :

Echinocereus zapalinamensis W.Blum & J.Flores Ventura; Echinocereenfreund 35(Sonderpublikation): 342 (2022)

Distribution: NE-Mexico (Sierra de Zapaliname)

79 MEX

species :

Echinocereus ×kunzei Gürke; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 103 (1907)

Distribution: USA (New Mexico)

77 USA

Remarks: Echinocereus coccineus x E. dasyacanthus

Synonyms: hidden

= Echinocereus coccineus var. kunzei (Gürke) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2070 (1960)

= Echinocereus roetteri subsp. kunzei (Gürke) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2024(2): 1 (2024)

species :

Echinocereus ×neomexicanus Standl.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 87 (1908)

Distribution: USA (New Mexico)

77 USA

Remarks: Echinocereus chloranthus x E. coccineus ssp. rosei

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus neomexicanus (Standl.) Tidestr.; Fl. Ariz. New Mex. 298 (1941)

= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. neomexicanus (Standl.) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 118 (1941)

species :

Echinocereus ×roetteri Engelm. ex Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2 [Rümpler] 829 (1886)

Name: Lloyd´s Hedgehog Cactus

Distribution: USA (Texas: Tuna Springs, Pecos Co., SE-New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua)

77 USA 79 MEX

Remarks: Echinocereus coccineus x dasyacanthus

Synonyms: hidden

= Cereus dasyacanthus var. neomexicanus J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 384 (1896)

= Cereus ×roetteri Engelm.; Descr. Cact. [Engelmann & Bigelow] 33 (1856)

= Echinocereus pectinatus var. neomexicanus (J.M.Coult.) L.D.Benson; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 25: 256 (1944)

= Echinocereus ×lloydii Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 37 (1922)

= Echinocereus ×roetteri var. lloydii (Britton & Rose) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 2027 (1960)

= Echinocereus ×roetteri var. neomexicanus (J.M.Coult.) A.D.Zimmerman ex W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach; Int. Cact. Advent. 105: 35 (2015)

= Echinocereus ×roetteri var. neomexicanus (J.M.Coult.) A.D.Zimmerman; Cacti Trans-Pecos 211 (2004)

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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 25.11 (Nov. 11th, 2025)

Covering 357,753 accepted species,8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,in total 1,419,578* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

With complete, detailed distribution data (countries and regions) and literature references

Arranged in linear phylogenetic sequence reflecting true relationships

Fully searchable and continously updated

With 38,209 pictures of 15,787 species

Assembled through 40 years independently from other databases

In cooperation with Catalogue of Life

Covering 357,753 accepted species,
8,806 hybrids, 48,075 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,004,944 synonyms,
**in total 1,419,578* names**

[about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus*" are deliberately omitted]