Echinocereus arizonicus

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. Triglochidiata
Species: Echinocereus arizonicus
Subspecies: E. a. subsp. arizonicus – E. a. subsp. matudae – E. a. subsp. nigrihorridispinus
Name

Echinocereus arizonicus Rose ex Orcutt, 1926
Synonyms

Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz., ed. 3: 21. 1969 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
Echinocereus coccineus var. arizonicus (Rose ex Orcutt) D.J.Ferguson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 61: 221. 1989 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Echinocereus arizonicus

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern USA
Arizona, New Mexico
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northeast, New Mexico

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Rose, 1926. Cactography. National City and San Diego, CA 1926(1):3.

Additional references

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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Echinocereus arizonicus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocereus arizonicus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocereus arizonicus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocereus arizonicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocereus arizonicus. 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 08. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinocereus arizonicus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Arizona claret-cup cactus, Arizona hedgehog cactus

Echinocereus arizonicus [2] is a species of cactus native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of Chihuahua, southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona, as well as in the Superstition and Mescal Mountains of Central Arizona.[3] An endangered variable of the species "Echinocereus triglochidiatus arizonicus" is found exclusively in sections of the Superstition, Mescal, and Pinal Mountains. Genetic studies have indicated that this variable of the species does not occur outside these mountain ranges.[4]

Common names include "Arizona claret-cup cactus" and "Arizona hedgehog cactus."[1]

Echinocereus arizonicus has deep red to bright orange-red flowers, sometimes with a lighter yellowish-green center.[1][5]
References

"Echinocereus arizonicus in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
Orcutt, C.R. Cactography. 1926 (1): 3. 1926.
Center for Plant Conservation, National Collection of Imperiled Plants, Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus.
"All Arizona Species; Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Var. Echinocereus triglochidiatus arizonicus" (PDF). www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
"ASDM Sonoran Desert Digital Library". Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Digital Library. Retrieved 2016-12-16.