Echinocereus roetteri var. lloydii

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Echinocereus roetteri var. lloydii (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 4: 2027. 1960
Family: CACTACEAE

= Echinocereus lloydii Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) Britton & Rose

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus х roetteri (Engelm.) Rümpler
Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) ed. 2, 829. 1886 (as a species) Rümpler

Echinocereus roetteri var. lloydii (Echinocereus lloydii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
SB731 Pecos County, Texas, USA (this is a naturally occurring hybrid involving Echinocereus coccineus and Echinocereus dasyacanthus.)

Origin and Habitat: Distribution: New Mexico, Texas, and adjacent Mexico.

Synonyms:

Echinocereus lloydii Britton & Rose

Echinocereus roetteri var. lloydii (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

See all synonyms of Echinocereus x roetteri

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus х roetteri (Engelm.) Rümpler
Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) ed. 2, 829. 1886 (as a species)
Synonymy: 4

Echinocereus х roetteri (Engelm.) Rümpler

Cereus roetteri Engelm.

Echinocereus lloydii Britton & Rose

Echinocereus roetteri var. lloydii (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Lloyd's Hedhog Cactus

Description: Echinocereus x roetteri ( Echinocereus lloydiiSN|7140]]SN|8635]]) is a small single or branched cactus with up to 20 (or more) stems and well furnished with greysh-pink to brown spines and whitish wool that flowers in many colours.
Stem: Erect, at first egg-shaped, but becoming cylindrical, up to 15 cm tall and about 5-7 cm in diameter. The surface is lively green, bluish or greyish-green
Central spines: 2-5, about equal, about equal, in 2 series or irregular, 8-12 mm. Long, brown , pink, greyish or creamy.
Radial spines: 7-15, pink or pink/grey,
Flowers: Usually orange (but also red, pink or yellow)
Remarks:This plant at first described as a species is a naturally occurring hybrid between Echinocereus coccineusSN|8635]]SN|7140]] x Echinocereus dasyacanthus.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinocereus x roetteri group

Echinocereus lloydii Britton & Rose: Single or branched with up to 20 (or more) stems and well furnished with greysh-pink to brown spines and whitish wool, which flowers in many colours.
Echinocereus х roetteri (Engelm.) Rümpler: This is a naturally occurring hybrid between Echinocereus coccineus x Echinocereus dasyacanthus.

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