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Echinocereus stramineus var. occidentalis N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 6: 70 1988
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus stramineus subs. occidentalis (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 3: 10. 1997 Backeb.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus stramineus (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rümpler
Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) 2, 797. 1886
Synonymy: 9 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus stramineus subs. occidentalis (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 3: 10. 1997
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinocereus stramineus 2 group

  • Echinocereus conglomeratus C.F.Först. ex K.Schum.: has smaller, more open flowers, smaller fruit, higher rib number and glassy white spines. Distribution: has a southern distribution area in Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Zacatecas).
  • Echinocereus stramineus (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rümpler: (subsp. stramineus) is the most abundant in the southwestern US.
  • Echinocereus stramineus subs. occidentalis (N.P.Taylor) N.P.Taylor: It is found only in the wild in Durango Mexico, and blooms a month later than the 'stramineus' subspecies.

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