Echinocereus scheeri

Echinocereus scheeri

Echinocereus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Scheer 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 MXEAG, MXECU, MXEHI, MXEZA, MXEQU, MXEGU, MXNBS, MXESL, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXN_SI; Mexico (E. Sonora to W. Durango).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.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 scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Scheer". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132456-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus scheeri". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7283175
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Native Habitat

Mexico (E. Sonora to W. Durango)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXE_HI, MXE_ZA, MXE_QU, MXE_GU, MXN_BS, MXE_SL, MXE_DU, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MEXICO, MXN_SI; Mexico (E. Sonora to W. Durango).