Coryphantha echinus

Coryphantha echinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Coryphantha
Subgenus: C. subg. Coryphantha
Sectio: C. sect. Coryphantha
Series: C. ser. Corniferae
Subseries: C. subser. Delaetianae
Species: Coryphantha echinus

Name

Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Orcutt

Synonyms

• Coryphantha cornifera var. echinus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
• Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
• Coryphantha pectinata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
• Mammillaria echinus Engelm.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: America Country: Middle America; North America References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Orcutt, The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 4: 42. 1923.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Coryphantha echinus. Published online. Accessed November 27 2017.
• The Plant List 2013. Coryphantha echinus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 November 27.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Coryphantha echinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 27 November 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Coryphantha echinus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 November 27. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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