Echinocereus acifer
Echinocereus acifer
Echinocereus acifer
Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Haage 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 MXS, MEXICO, MXN, MXNSI, MXSGR, MXECO, MXEHI, MXSNA, MXECU, MXETA, MXNBS, MXE_GU; N. & W. Mexico.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
- Plants of the World Online. "Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Haage". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132298-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus acifer". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8200600 ↩
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