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Echinocereus santaritensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. santaritensis
Binomial name
Echinocereus santaritensis
W.Blum & Rutow 1998
Synonyms
  • Echinocereus coccineus subsp. santaritensis (W.Blum & Rutow) M.A.Baker 2014

Echinocereus santaritensis is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States. [1]

Description

Echinocereus santaritensis is a multistem columnar cactus that branches from the base. The cylindrical stems are 30 cm (12 in) long and have a diameter of 5.5 cm (2.2 in). There are nine to ten clearly blunt ribs, which densly spiny with areoles 1 cm (0.39 in) apart. There are up to ten yellow to gray radial spines and three to four central spines that are 2.5 to 4 cm (0.98 to 1.57 in). The tubular-funnel-shaped flowers are bisexual, red-orange, 5 to 11 cm (2.0 to 4.3 in) long and 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in) diameter with a long 5 cm (2.0 in) style. Chromosome count is 2n=44 [2]

This species is distinguished by its perfect flowers, 5 cm long styles, and areoles with hairs. [3]

Subspecies

Accepted subspecies: [4]

Image Subspecies Distribution
Echinocereus santaritensis subsp. bacanorensis (W.Rischer & Trocha) W.Rischer & D.Felix Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
Echinocereus santaritensis subsp. santaritensis Arizona to New Mexico and Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)

Distribution

This species is found growing on rocky slopes and outcrops in southern Arizona in the Little Ajo Mountains and Tuscon Mountains, New Mexico and Mexico in Sonora and Chihuahua above 1070 meters growing along Juniperus arizonica and Vauquelinia californica. [3]

Taxonomy

Echinocereus santaritensis was first described as in 1998 from plants collected in the Santa Rita Mountains. It was moved to a subspecies of Echinocereus coccineus in 2014 and later moved back to a species. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Echinocereus santaritensis W.Blum & Rutow". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ Baker, M. (2006). "A new florally dimorphic hexaploid, Echinocereus yavapaiensis sp. nov. (section Triglochidiatus, Cactaceae) from central Arizona". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 258 (1–2): 63–83. Bibcode: 2006PSyEv.258...63B. doi: 10.1007/s00606-005-0390-9. ISSN  0378-2697.
  3. ^ a b c https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263697137. Retrieved 2024-08-02. {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help)
  4. ^ "Echinocereus santaritensis W.Blum & Rutow". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-08-02.