Kingcup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.)
BONAP has mostly merged this into the Mojave kingcup cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis), with the exception of a few varieties that it considers part of other species. POWO, however, considers Echinocereus mojavensis to be a subspecies of this species, Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. mojavensis, ITIS considers them to be a single species under the name E. triglochidiatus, whereas the USDA and Tropicos consider them to be separate species. We are not sure what to do with this situation and for now have kept them separate, but note that this scheme may not make sense and we will update it if we get further information that one of these other treatments is superior.
↑Range - Expand
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This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This map is based on the USDA's county-level reports and may conflict with other sources reported range for this name because the names may refer to different populations or taxa. Regardless of the treatment used, the range likely extends into northern Mexico, and we have not yet built this portion of its range map.
↑Links & External Resources
• Kingcup Cactus | Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) (About This Site)
• Echinocereus triglochidiatus (kingcup cactus) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Mojave Hedgehog Cactus | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
• Echinocereus triglochidiatus | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Flora of North America (About This Site)