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Echinocactus pectinatus Scheidw.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles v. (1838) 492.
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.
Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 110, 1848. Wisliz., Wisliz., Wisliz.

Echinocactus pectinatus (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Diego Armentano

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.
Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus] 110, 1848.
Synonymy: 9 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinocereus pectinatus subs. wenigeri (L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Rutow
Echinocereus Monogr. (preprint) [7]. 1998 [3 Apr 1998] ; preprint
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Rainbow Cactus, Purple Candle Cactus, Lace Cactus, Comb Hedgehog, Texas rainbow cactus
RUSSIAN (Русский): Эxиноцереус гребневидный
SPANISH (Español): Órgano-pequeño Peine

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


28875 amante Amante Darmanin
Echinocereus pectinatus, Rio Nazas, Durango. (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
29506 cpif Peiffer Clement
Echinocactus pectinatus (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Peiffer Clement

14221 cactus-art Cactus Art
This is a particularly fine-flowering species due to the satiny sheen of the petals, which make them glow in sun light. (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Cactus Art
14220 cactus-art Cactus Art
Echinocactus pectinatus (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Cactus Art

28876 amante Amante Darmanin
Echinocereus pectinatus, Rio Nazas, Durango. (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
29505 cpif Peiffer Clement
Echinocactus pectinatus (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Peiffer Clement

14223 cactus-art Cactus Art
Echinocactus pectinatus (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Cactus Art
30707 cpif Peiffer Clement
Echinocereus pectinatus SB1035 (Collector: Steven Brack), Huizache, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (Echinocereus pectinatus) Photo by: Peiffer Clement

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