Echinocereus pulchellus

Echinocereus pulchellus (Mart.) K.Schum. 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 MEXICO, MXCME, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, MXECO, MXEHI, MXCTL, MXEAG, MXECU, MXETA, MXCMO, MXE_GU; Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla).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 pulchellus (Mart.) K.Schum.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87991-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus pulchellus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7283357 ↩