PLANTS Profile for Echinocereus nicholii (Nichol's hedgehog cactus)

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Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt
Nichol's hedgehog cactus

Symbol:

ECNI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

Echinocereus engelmannii var. nicholii

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, AZ, Organ Pipe National Monument. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

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Synonyms:
Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

ECENN

Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem. var. nicholii L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt


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USA (AZ)

Related Taxa:
Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 28 species in Echinocereus

Classification:
Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Echinocereus Engelm. – hedgehog cactus
Species	Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt – Nichol's hedgehog cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Echinocereus nicholii (L.D. Benson) Parfitt

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502203.

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 08:15 AM MDT