Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Echinocereus

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Cactoideae

Tribe:

Echinocereeae

Nomen number:

464959

Place of publication:

F. A. Wislizenus, Mem. tour N. Mexico 110. 1848

Verified:

04/16/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)

Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. var. pectinatus

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Reference(s)

Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Hunt, D. et al., eds. 2006. The new cactus lexicon
Hunt, D. 1999. CITES Cactaceae checklist, ed. 2
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Common names

English
comb hedgehog cactus –
lace cactus –
purple candle cactus –
rainbow cactus –
yellow alicoche –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guanajuato]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.