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Scientific or common name:

Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow


CACTACEAE Family selection - Cactus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow Taxon selection
Rank: species
See: ► Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britton & Rose

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Whipple's fishhook cactus

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britton & Rose
= Pediocactus whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Arp


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow var. intermedius (Peebles) L.D. Benson
2) Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow var. spinosior Engelm.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocactus
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, UT)

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Map for Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Echinocereus berlandieri (Engelm.) Haage var. blanckii (Poselg.) Fourn. [323]
2) Echinocereus blankii (Poselg.) hort. ex Palmer, orth. var. [214]
3) Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm. [459]
4) Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) Sencke ex J.N. Haage var. fendleri [207]
5) Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) Lem. [735]
6) Echinochloa colona (L.) Link [2955]
7) Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. var. frumentacea (Roxb.) W. Wight [198]
8) Echinochloa haploclada (Stapf) Stapf [341]
9) Echinodorus ranunculoides (L.) Engelm. [214]
10) Echium italicum L. [3444]

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