Echinocereus scopulorum

Echinocereus scopulorum

Echinocereus scopulorum Britton & Rose 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 MXNBS, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXNSI, MXSNA, MXNBC; NW. Mexico (to Nayarit).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 scopulorum Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88019-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus scopulorum". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7283131
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Native Habitat

NW. Mexico (to Nayarit)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXN_BS, MXS, MXS_MI, MXS_JA, MXS_CL, MXS_GR, MXS_OA, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MEXICO, MXN_SI, MXS_NA, MXN_BC; NW. Mexico (to Nayarit).