Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. viridiflorus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Echinocereus
Sectio: E. sect. Echinocereus
Species: Echinocereus viridiflorus
Subspecies: E. v. subsp. viridiflorus

Name[edit]

Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. subsp. viridiflorus autonym

Synonyms[edit]

Cereus viridiflorus var. minor Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 278. 1856 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
Echinocereus labouretianus Lem., Cactées: 57. 1868 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
Echinocactus labouretii C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 811. 1885 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. gracilispinus Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 814. 1885 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
Echinocereus strausianus Haage Jr. in Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 70. 1890 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. major Bridson in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 16: 142. 1906 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. rubra Frič in Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 121. 1924 syn. sec. WFO 2019

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Central USA SW. South Dakota to N. Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico (Coahuila). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Engelmann, G. 1848. Botanical Appendix. In: Wislizenus, F.A.: Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: Connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition, in 1846 and 1847, pp. 87–115. Tippin & Streeper, Washington. BHL Reference page. : 91.

Additional references[edit]

Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.

Links[edit]

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. viridiflorus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. viridiflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. viridiflorus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. viridiflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. viridiflorus. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: nylon hedgehog cactus, Green-flower Hedgehog Cactus, Green Pitaya, Nylon Hedgehog Cactus, nylon hedgehog cactus, green pitaya, green-flower pitaya