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. TDGW – 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 (2019). In: Roskov 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.

Vernacular names

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