Echinocereus viridiflorus subsp. chloranthus (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
First published in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10 (1997)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is SE. Arizona to W. Texas and Mexico (Chihuahua). It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Arizona, Mexico Northeast, New Mexico, Texas
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cereus chloranthus Engelm. in Descr. Cact.: 29 (1856)
- Echinocereus chloranthus (Engelm.) Haage in Preisverzeichniss Cact. Succ. 1859: 19 (1859)
- Echinocereus viridiflorus var. chloranthus (Engelm.) Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 4: 2015 (1960)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Echinocereus carmenensis W.Blum, Mich.Lange & Scherer in W.Blum & al., Echinocereus, prepr.: 3 (1998)
- Echinocereus chloranthus subsp. rhyolithensis W.Blum & Mich.Lange in W.Blum & al., Echinocereus, prepr.: 4 (1998)
- Echinocereus milleri W.Blum, Kuenzler & Oldach in Echinocereenfreund 12(3): 69 (1999)
- Echinocereus russanthus subsp. weedinii Leuck. ex W.Blum & Mich.Lange in W.Blum & al., Echinocereus, prepr.: 8 (1998)
- Echinocereus viridiflorus var. weedinii (Leuck. ex W.Blum & Mich.Lange) A.D.Zimmerman in Cacti Trans-Pecos: 270 (2004)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Benadom, D. (2014). Echinocereus : decades of field experience, photography, and dedication to a phenomenal genus of cacti: 1-499. Superb Succulents, Simi Valley, California.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico. [Cited as Echinocereus viridiflorus.]
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Echinocereus chloranthus.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Benadom, D. (2014). Echinocereus : decades of field experience, photography, and dedication to a phenomenal genus of cacti: 1-499. Superb Succulents, Simi Valley, California.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0