Echinocereus bakeri
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| taxon = Echinocereus bakeri
| authority = W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach 2015
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Echinocereus bakeri, commonly known as Baker kingcup cactus, is a species of cactus native to the Southwestern United States.{{cite taxon |powo |title=Echinocereus bakeri W.Blum, Oldach & J.Oldach |id=77152183-1 | access-date=2024-07-04}}
Description
The usually branched plant forms small clumps consisting of many stems. The dark green plant body is ovate to cylindrical and reaches heights of up to {{cvt|13|-|30|cm}} with a diameter of {{cvt|4|to|5|cm}}. The 9 to 11 ribs often form warts. The spines are yellow brown becoming grey. The areoles have 1-4 central spines, have an angular cross section and are up to {{cvt|2|-|4.5|cm}} long and 7-11 radial spines that are {{cvt|0.5|-|3|cm}} long. The broad, funnel-shaped, dioecious, red flowers appear below the shoot tip. They are {{cvt|5|to|7|cm}} long and have a diameter of {{cvt|3.5|to|4.5|cm}}. After blooms, it has edible oval fruits turn purple brown {{cvt|1.5|-|2|cm}} in diameter and {{cvt|2|-|3|cm}} long with white pulp and black seeds.{{cite web | title=A New Taxon of Echinocereus in Arizona | url=https://cactus-aventures.com/Articles%20of%20interest/Cactaceae%20PDFs/Echinocereus%20bakeri%20sp%20nov.%20CAIENG106-107-2015.pdf | access-date=2024-07-12}}
Distribution
Plants are found growing in gravel soil in grasslands along with bushes and Pinyon-Juniper woodlands in Nevada, Arizona and Washington County, Utah at elevations of {{cvt|500|-|2450|m}}.{{cite web | last=Boone | first=Jim | title=Vegetation Around Las Vegas, Baker Kingcup Cactus (Echinocereus bakeri) | website=Bird and Hike . com | url=https://www.birdandhike.com/Veg/Species/Cactus/Echino_bak/_Ech_bak.htm | access-date=2024-07-12}}
Taxonomy
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Echinocereus bakeri|Echinocereus bakeri}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Echinocereus bakeri|Echinocereus bakeri}}
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