Echinocereus triglochidiatus subs. huitcholensis

Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinocereus triglochidiatus subs. huitcholensis

Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (11 Oct. 2003) Remarks: first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 79 (May 2003), without basionym reference

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Echinocereus

Species

Echinocereus triglochidiatus subs. huitcholensis

Author

(F.A.C.Weber) U.Guzmán

Chinese genus

鹿角柱属

Chinese name

Primary

Echinocereus polyacanthus subs. huitcholensis

Accepted

Echinocereus polyacanthus subs. huitcholensis

DescriptionEdit description

Central Spines

Usually solitary

Description

Echinocereus polyacanthusSN|15743]]SN|7070]] subs. huitcholensis (Echinocereus huitcholensisSN|7070]]SN|15743]]) is a clumping cactus, forming cushions, with brilliant orange up to 11 cm long flower.

Note

"huitcholensis" for the occurrence in the Sierra de los Huitcholes, Jalisco, Mexico.

Flowers

Diurnal, arising near the stem's apex, 11 cm long or less, narrow funnel-form, with a pronounced tube. Perianth-segments uncertainorange, spines on ovary and tube weak, acicular. Areoles of flower-tube bearing long cobwebby hairs.

Stem

4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 4 cm in diameter.

Radial Spines

10 to 12.

Endangered

CITES App. II