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Echinocereus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q311156

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[7]
Parent taxon
Pachycereeae, Echinocereinae[3][4]
Taxon common name
hedgehog cactus, 鹿角柱属, 鹿角掌属, dwergtoortscactus[8][9][10][11]
Taxon name
Echinocereus[5]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
Taxonomic type
Echinocereus viridiflorus[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Echinocereus de Morangaya el Εχινοκηρείος es Morangaya es Wilcoxia fa اکینوکرئوس fi piirikaktukset fr Plante cailloux hu kaktuszszamóca ja エキノケレウス属 nl dwergtoortscactus ru Эхиноцереус ru Echinocereus sv Echinocereus sv Kägelkaktusar sv Kägelkaktussläktet sv Morangaya sv Wilcoxia uk Echinocereus uk Wilcoxia
🔖 Identifiers · 31
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Echinocereus viridiflorus.jpg ↗
BioLib taxon ID
105581
Catalogue of Life ID
632YF
EPPO Code
1EHCG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
37448
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/hedgehog-cactus
Flora of China ID
111215
Flora of North America taxon ID
111215
FloraVeg.EU taxon ID
Echinocereus
Freebase ID
/m/06121f
GBIF taxon ID
5384005
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
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INaturalist taxon ID
68190
IPNI plant ID
30000027-2
IRMNG ID
1099819
ITIS TSN
19803
Interlingual Index ID
i99527
KBpedia ID
Echinocereus
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777442610
NCBI taxonomy ID
153853
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007530053205171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3896409
Open Tree of Life ID
920674
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000027-2
Reflora ID
FB633733
Topic's main category
Category:Echinocereus
Tropicos ID
40000878
UMLS CUI
C1091870
USDA PLANTS ID
ECHIN3
World Flora Online ID
wfo-4000012914
Yale LUX ID
concept/c087f662-789c-48ee-b6c4-56b64b0d59d8

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 64
Echinocereus coccineus, Echinocereus engelmannii, Echinocereus reichenbachii, Echinocereus pectinatus, Echinocereus pentalophus, Echinocereus scheeri, Echinocereus triglochidiatus, Echinocereus enneacanthus +56 more
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Pachycereeae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Taxonomic type 1
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Echinocereus
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Echinocereus
← Has host 1
Dyotopasta yumaella
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Summary

Echinocereus is a taxon[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Cactussen. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Taxonomic type → Echinocereus viridiflorus
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