Echinocactus texensis

Echinocactus texensis

Taxonavigation

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

Echinocactus texensis Hopffer in Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 297. 1842.

Homotypic
- Homalocephala texensis (Hopffer ex Regel) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 181, pl. 19. 1922.

Heterotypic
- Echinocactus lindheimeri Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 246. 1845.
- Echinocactus texensis f. longispinus Schelle, Kakteenkunde 161. 1907.
- Echinocactus texensis var. gourgensii Cels ex Labour., Monogr. Cact. 196. 1853.
- Echinocactus texensis var. longispinus Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 161. 1907.
- Echinocactus texensis var. treculianus Förster, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2, 504. 1885.
- Homalocephala texensis var. gourgensii (Cels ex Labour.) Y.Itô, Cacti 108. 1952.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: America Regional: North America References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

eFloras 2008. Echinocactus texensis in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Hopffer, C. in Otto, C.F. & Dietrich, A.G. (1842) Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 297.
Regel, E.A. von (1888) Gartenflora 37: 633, t. 1286.

English: devil's pincushion, horse crippler
español: Biznaga-tonel manca caballo

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