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Wilcoxia
Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized, cylindrical shaped cacti, comprising about 70 species native to the southern United States and Mexico in very sunny, rocky places. Usually the flowers are large and the fruit edible.
The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (echinos), meaning "sea urchin", and the Latin cereus meaning "candle". They are sometimes known as hedgehog cacti, a term also used for the Pediocactus and Echinopsis.
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Dahlia Hedgehog Cactus
speciesEchinocereus poselgeri
Echinocereus schmollii
speciesEchinocereus schmollii
Echinocereus waldeisii
speciesEchinocereus waldeisii
Echinocereus leucanthus
speciesEchinocereus leucanthus
Echinocereus tamaulipensis
speciesEchinocereus tamaulipensis
Echinocereus kroenleinii
speciesEchinocereus kroenleinii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 971850.