Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.


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

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Name: Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult. Taxon selection
Rank: variety

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Cottontop cactus

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow ssp. xeranthemoides (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor
= Echinocactus xeranthemoides (J.M. Coult.) Engelm. ex Rydb.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocactus
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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Distributional map for Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.
Map for Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow var. xeranthemoides J.M. Coult.
(*) 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) Echinocactus scheeri Salm-Dyck [88]
2) Echinocactus sinuatus A. Dietr. [131]
3) Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti var. wrightii Engelm. [139]
4) Echinocactus warnockii (L.D. Benson) D. Weniger, nom. nud. [144]
5) Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow var. intermedius (Peebles) L.D. Benson [140]
6) Echinocereus abbeae S.H. Parsons [140]
7) Echinocereus baileyi Rose var. albispinus (Lahman) Backeb. [138]
8) Echinocereus blanckii (Poselg.) hort. ex Palmer var. angusticeps (Clover) L.D. Benson [157]
9) Echinocereus caespitosus (Engelm.) Engelm. var. perbellus (Britton & Rose) D. Weniger, nom. nud. [147]
10) Echinocereus dasyacanthus Engelm. var. hildmannii (Arendt) D. Weniger, nom. nud. [146]

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