Echinocereus viridiflorus
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Echinocereus viridiflorus 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 OKLOO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, OKL, NWMOO, SDA, NORTHERNAMERICA, COL, TEXOO, NORTHCENTRALUSA, KANOO, WYO; SW. South Dakota to N. & W. Texas.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, temperate.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 viridiflorus Engelm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132479-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocereus viridiflorus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084127 ↩
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