Echinocereus nivosus
Echinocereus nivosus

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. Costati
Species: Echinocereus nivosus

Name

  • Echinocereus nivosus Glass & R.A.Foster, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50: 18 (-19), figs. 1978.

Synonyms

  • Echinocereus albatus Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 2007. 1960 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
    • Echinocereus longisetus var. albatus (Backeb.) W.Sterk in Succulenta (Netherlands) 59: 12. 1980, nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (SE. Coahuila, Nuevo León.

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

References

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Vernacular names

español: alicoche blanco, bola de nieve, órgano pequeño blanco
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