Echinocereus sciurus
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =Echinocereus sciurus pm.jpg
| image_caption =
| status = EN
| status_system=IUCN3.1
| taxon = Echinocereus sciurus
| authority = (K.Brandegee) Dams 1904
| synonyms =
- Cereus sciurus {{au|Brandegee 1904}}
}}
Echinocereus sciurus is a species of cactus native to Mexico.
Description
Echinocereus sciurus grows like a groundcover, forming clusters up to {{cvt|60|cm}} wide. The slender shoots, often up to {{cvt|20|cm}} long, are almost hidden by numerous thorns. It has 12 to 17 low ribs, divided into tubercles spaced {{cvt|5 to 6|mm}} apart. The 15 to 18 slender radial spines, pale with brownish tips, are arranged in a circle with small areoles. Several central spines are shorter and have a brown sloping spine. The funnel-shaped flowers are light to deep purple-pink, up to {{cvt|7|cm}} long, and {{cvt|9|cm}} in diameter, with numerous stamens having greenish filaments and a green stigma.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2011 | isbn=978-3-8001-5964-2 | language=de | pages=208–209}}
Subspecies
There are two recognized subspecies:{{cite taxon|powo| title=Echinocereus sciurus (Brandegee) Dams |id=88018-2 | access-date=2024-06-29}}
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Echinocereus sciurus subsp. floresii {{au|(Backeb.) N.P.Taylor}} | Mexico (NW. Sonora) | |
| Echinocereus sciurus subsp. sciurus | Mexico (S. Baja California Sur) |
Distribution
Echinocereus sciurus is found in the Sonoran Desert in Baja California Sur and Sinaloa, Mexico, at elevations between 10 and 200 meters. Plants are found growing along with Pachycereus pringlei, Stenocereus thurberi, Lophocereus schottii, Ferocactus townsendianus, Echinocereus barthelowianus, Peniocereus johnstonii, Stenocereus gummosus, Cochemiea schumannii, Cochemiea armillata, and Mammillaria peninsularis.{{cite web | title=Echinocereus sciurus | website=LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=https://llifle.eu/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/8681/Echinocereus_sciurus | ref={{sfnref | LLIFLE | 2013}} | access-date=2024-07-03}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa3|from this source=yes}}
Taxonomy
Originally described as Cereus sciurus by Mary Katharine Brandegee in 1904, the species name 'sciurus' means 'squirrel,' referring to the color and texture of the spines.{{cite web | title=Zoe | publisher=Zoe Publishing Co | volume=v.5:no.10 (1905:Aug.) | date=1905 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/566933 | access-date=2024-07-03}} Erich Dams reclassified it under the genus Echinocereus in the same year.{{cite web | title=Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde | publisher=J. Neumann | volume=Bd.14 (1904) | date=1904 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14257585 | access-date=2024-07-03}}{{cite journal | last=Korotkova | first=Nadja | last2=Aquino | first2=David | last3=Arias | first3=Salvador | last4=Eggli | first4=Urs | last5=Franck | first5=Alan | last6=Gómez-Hinostrosa | first6=Carlos | last7=Guerrero | first7=Pablo C. | last8=Hernández | first8=Héctor M. | last9=Kohlbecker | first9=Andreas | last10=Köhler | first10=Matias | last11=Luther | first11=Katja | last12=Majure | first12=Lucas C. | last13=Müller | first13=Andreas | last14=Metzing | first14=Detlev | last15=Nyffeler | first15=Reto | last16=Sánchez | first16=Daniel | last17=Schlumpberger | first17=Boris | last18=Berendsohn | first18=Walter G. | title=Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family | journal=Willdenowia | volume=51 | issue=2 | date=2021-08-31 | issn=0511-9618 | doi=10.3372/wi.51.51208 | page=}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Echinocereus sciurus|Echinocereus sciurus}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Echinocereus sciurus|Echinocereus sciurus}}
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