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Echinocereus coccineus

Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Echinocereus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHCENTRALUSA, NWMOO, MEXICO, NORTHERNAMERICA, COL, MXEDU, MXECO, MXEHI, TEXOO, MXEAG, MXECU, MXE_TA; Colorado to NE. Mexico.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, subtropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Echinocereus coccineus Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87864-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus coccineus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084119
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Native Habitat

Colorado to NE. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA, NWM_OO, MEXICO, NORTHERN_AMERICA, COL, MXE_DU, MXE_CO, MXE_HI, TEX_OO, MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXE_TA; Colorado to NE. Mexico.