| Echinocereus triglochidiatus |
|
|
|
|
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Order: |
Caryophyllales |
| Family: |
Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Cactoideae |
| Genus: |
Echinocereus |
| Species: |
E. triglochidiatus |
| Binomial name |
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
|
|
| Synonyms |
-
- Cereus triglochidiatus (Engelm.) Engelm. 1849
- Echinocereus paucispinus var. triglochidiatus (Engelm.) K.Schum. 1898
- subsp mojavensis
- Echinocereus mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Engelm. ex Rümpler 1886
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. mojavensis (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) L.D.Benson 1944
- Cereus bigelovii Engelm. 1857
- Cereus mohavensis S.Watson 1878
- Cereus mojavensis var. zuniensis Engelm. 1856
- Echinocereus mojavensis var. zuniensis (Engelm.) Rümpler 1886
- Echinocereus sandersi Orcutt 1926
- subsp. triglochidiatus
- Cereus gonacanthus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 1857 publ. 1856
- Cereus hexaedrus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow 1857 publ. 1856
- Cereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) J.M.Coult. 1896
- Cereus roemeri Engelm. 1849
- Echinocereus coccineus var. octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Boissev. 1940
- Echinocereus gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Lem. 1868
- Echinocereus octacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose 1922
- Echinocereus paucispinus var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum. 1898
- Echinocereus paucispinus var. hexaedrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) K.Schum. 1898
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. gonacanthus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Boissev. 1940
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. hexaedrus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Boissev. 1940
- Echinopsis octacantha Muehlenpf. 1848
|
Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes, scrub, and mountain woodland. E. triglochidiatus is the official state cactus of Colorado.