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Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus (Linke ex Rümpler) L.D.Benson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48: 59. 1976
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rümpler
Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) ed. 2, 783. 1885 Rümpler

Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus (Echinocereus papillosus) Photo by: Diego Armentano

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rümpler
Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) ed. 2, 783. 1885
Synonymy: 12
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Yellow Alicoche, Yellow-flowered Alicoche

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

  • Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rümpler: more or less cespitose with 2-12 stems 5- 30 cm long, 2-4 cm thick. Flowers bright yellow, 12 cm wide, with a red throat. Distribution: South Texas, USA.
  • Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps (Yellow Alicoche)Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps (Clover) W.T.Marshall: forms clusters of 12-50 stems. Stems 7-12 cm long, 2-3 cm thick. Flowers up to 10 cm greenish-yellow, with a paler red throat. Distribution: Texas (Hidalgo and Starr County) and Mexico (Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon )
  • Echinocereus papillosus f. cristatus hort.: Crested form.


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