Echinocereus pectinatus

Echinocereus pectinatusi is a species of hedgehog cactus. It was first described by Engelm in 1848. It is found in the south-western US (New Mexico and Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Sonora).[1]

Echinocereus pectinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Echinocereus
Species:
E. pectinatus
Binomial name
Echinocereus pectinatus

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