Echinocereus subinermis

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Echinocereus subinermis - Wikipedia

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Echinocereus subinermis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Echinocereus
Species:	E. subinermis
Binomial name
*Echinocereus subinermis* Salm-Dyck ex Scheer

Echinocereus subinermis is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to north, northwestern, and central Mexico.

Description

Echinocereus subinermis grows either solitary or branching, often forming groups of up to 10 shoots. The stem is a ball with gray-green to reddish, 5 to 11 prominent ribs, growing to a cylinder or cone 4–33 cm (2–13 in) 4 to 15 tall and wide, and producing yellow flowers 8 cm (3 in) long in early summer. There are up to four central spines, which may be light or dark and are 0.1 to 2 centimeters long, although they can also be absent. The plant may also have up to ten slender, light yellow to gray marginal spines that are 0.1 to 3 centimeters long, but these too can be absent.^[1] The flowers are funnel-shaped, fragrant, and bright yellow, appearing near the shoot tips. They are 7 to 10 centimeters long and 5 to 13 centimeters in diameter. The gray-green, obovate fruits are thorny, contain white pulp, and split lengthwise when ripe.^[2]

Subspecies

Accepted subspecies:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Echinocereus subinermis subsp. subinermis	Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, SW. Chihuahua, Durango)
	Echinocereus subinermis subsp. ochoterenae (J.G.Ortega) N.P.Taylor	Mexico (S. Sinaloa)

Distribution

Echinocereus subinermis is found growing on rocky slopes in the deciduous oak forest of the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Durango, in the western Sierra Madre Occidental at elevations between 200 and 1300 meters. Plants are found growing along with Mammillaria standleyi, Cochemiea grahamii, Mammillaria marksiana, Echinocereus scheeri, Ferocactus schwarzii, Ferocactus alamosanus, Opuntia decumbens, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, Bursera laxiflora, Sabal mexicana, Agave vilmoriniana, Agave bovicornuta and Agave guadalajarana.^[4]

Taxonomy

First described by Frederick Scheer in 1856, the specific epithet "subinermis" comes from the Latin words "sub-" meaning 'almost' or 'more or less,' and "inermis," meaning 'unarmored,' referring to the species' short thorns.^[5]

Cultivation

In cultivation in temperate regions it requires the protection of glass with heat. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[6]^[7]

References

^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 210. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ "Echinocereus subinermis Salm-Dyck ex Scheer". Plants of the World Online. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
^ Art, Cactus (2013-08-04). "Echinocereus subinermis". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-07-15. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
^ Seemann, Berthold; Fitch, W. H.; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1852). The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Herald :under the command of Captain Henry Kellett, R.N., C.B., during the years 1845-51. London: Lovell Reeve. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.425.
^ "RHS Plant Selector - Echinocereus subinermis". Retrieved 5 June 2020.
^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 34. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

External links

Media related to Echinocereus subinermis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Echinocereus subinermis at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Echinocereus subinermis	Wikidata: Q1280450 Wikispecies: Echinocereus subinermis CoL: 38GWN EoL: 5176750 EPPO: EHCSU GBIF: 7283021 GRIN: 464961 iNaturalist: 207198 IPNI: 276257-2 ITIS: 908015 IUCN: 152794 NCBI: 867035 Open Tree of Life: 38869 Plant List: kew-2782870 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132466-1 RHS: 106114 Species+: 15714 Tropicos: 5103901 WFO: wfo-0000661547

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