Echinocereus nicholii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Echinocereus
Sectio: E. sect. Erecti
Species: Echinocereus nicholii

Name

Note

The specific epithet nicholii honors the American biologist Andrew Alexander Nichol (1895–1961).

Synonyms

  • Echinocereus engelmannii var. nicholii L.D.Benson in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 25: 258, pl. 25, f. B. 1944 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Echinocereus nicholii subsp. nicholii syn. sec. ???

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Echinocereus nicholii
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Western Central USA
      • S. Arizona
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Sonora).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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