page_title: Echinocereus
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Echinocereus / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Wild hedgehog cactus in Sahuarita, Arizona. December 11, 2013
context_page_description: Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized, cylindrical cacti, comprising about 70 species native to the southern United States and Mexico in very sunny, rocky places. Usually the flowers are large and the fruit edible.
  The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος, meaning "hedgehog", and the Latin cereus meaning "candle". They are sometimes known as hedgehog cacti, a term also used for the Pediocactus and Echinopsis.
context_section_description: The following species are recognised in the genus Echinocereus:
  Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Lem.
  Echinocereus adustus Engelm.
  Echinocereus apachensis W. Blum & Rutow
  Echinocereus arizonicus Rose ex Orcutt
  Echinocereus barthelowanus Britton & Rose
  Echinocereus berlandieri (Engelm.) Haage f.
  Echinocereus bonkerae Thornber & Bonker
  Echinocereus brandegeei (J.M. Coult.) K. Schum.
  Echinocereus bristolii W.T. Marshall
  Echinocereus chisoensis W.T.Marshall
  Echinocereus cinerascens (DC.) H.P. Kelsey & Dayton
  Echinocereus coccineus Engelm.
  Echinocereus dasyacanthus Engelm.
  Echinocereus davisii Houghton
  Echinocereus engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem.
  Echinocereus enneacanthus Engelm.
  Echinocereus fasciculatus (Engelm. ex B.D.Jacks.) L.D.Benson
  Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) Sencke ex J.N.Haage
  Echinocereus ferreirianus H.E.Gates
  Echinocereus freudenbergii G. Frank
  Echinocereus grandis Britton & Rose
  Echinocereus klapperi W. Blum
  Echinocereus knippelianus Liebm.
  Echinocereus laui G. Frank
  Echinocereus ledingii Peebles
  Echinocereus leucanthus N.P. Taylor
  Echinocereus longisetus (Engelm.) Rümpler
  Echinocereus mapimiensis E.F. Anderson, W.C. Hodgs. & P. Quirk
  Echinocereus maritimus (M.E. Jones) K. Schum.
  Echinocereus metornii G. Frank
  Echinocereus mombergerianus G. Frank
  Echinocereus nicholii (L.Benson) Parfitt
  Echinocereus nivosus Glass & R.A. Foster
  Echinocereus ortegae Rose
  Echinocereus pacificus (Engelm. ex Orcutt) Britton & Rose
  Echinocereus palmeri Britton & Rose
  Echinocereus pamanesiorum A.B. Lau
  Echinocereus papillosus Linke ex Rumpl.
  Echinocereus parkeri N.P. Taylor
  Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.
  Echinocereus pensilis (K. Brandegee) J.A. Purpus
  Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) Haage
  Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.
  Echinocereus poselgeri Lem.
  Echinocereus primolanatus N.P. Taylor
  Echinocereus pseudopectinatus (N.P. Taylor) N.P. Taylor
  Echinocereus pulchellus (Mart.) Seitz
  Echinocereus rayonesensis N.P. Taylor
  Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) hort. ex Haage
  Echinocereus rigidissimus (Engelm.) hort. ex F.Haage
  Echinocereus ×roetteri (Engelm.) Engelm. ex Rümpler
  Echinocereus russanthus D. Weniger
  Echinocereus salm-dyckianus Scheer
  Echinocereus santaritensis W. Blum & Rutow
  Echinocereus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Scheer
  Echinocereus scheerii G. Frank
  Echinocereus schmollii (Weing.) N.P.Taylor
  Echinocereus sciurus (K. Brandegee) Dams
  Echinocereus scopulorum Britton & Rose
  Echinocereus spinigemmatus A.B. Lau
  Echinocereus stoloniferus W.T. Marshall
  Echinocereus stramineus (Engelm.) F.Seitz
  Echinocereus subinermis Salm-Dyck ex Scheer
  Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. – King Cup Cactus, Claret Cup Cactus
  Echinocereus viereckii Werderm.
  Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. – Green Pitaya
  Echinocereus websterianus G.E. Linds.
caption: Hedgehog cactus growing in the wild
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