CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Echinomastus erectocentra var. erectocentra
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Echinomastus erectocentra var. erectocentra is Not Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Kathleen C. Rice contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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Echinomastus erectocentrus var. erectocentrus is a small cactus that can grow up to 6 inches in height. Plants have central spines that point upward. Variety erectocentra and var. acunensis are virtually indistinguishable, and may not be taxonomically distinct, according to Dr. Don Pinkava of Arizona State University (pers. comm. 1991). Characters based on size and flower color were formerly used to separate the two taxa, but these may not be accurate indicators. Geographic range is now used to separate the two, with var. erectocentra occurring in the general Tucson area east and south to the Mexican border, and var. acunensis in northern Sonora, Organpipe National Monument, northward and east to the Florence area. Variety erectocentrus grows on alluvial fans and hills, usually limestone at elevations of 1300-2000 ft.
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References |
Benson, L. 1982. The Cacti of the United States and Canada. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. 1044p. |
(2000). Center for Plant Conservation's National Living Collection--Profiles. Desert Botanical Garden. http://www.dbg.org/Collections/cpc.html. Accessed: 2002. |
(2002). Threatened and Endangered Species in Pima County; Priority Vulnerable Species in Pima County. The On-line Sonoran Desert Educational Center. http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/sdcp2/fsheets/index.html. Accessed: 2002. |
Arizona Game and Fish Department. (1999). Plant Abstracts. Compiled and edited by the Heritage Data Management System, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ. http://www.gf.state.az.us/frames/fishwild/hdms_site/Abstracts/Plants/abstracts%20-%20plants.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. (2002). U.S. Plant Profiles. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs. http://international.fws.gov/animals/plantpro.html. Accessed: 2002. |
2001. Draft Report: Priority Vulnerable Species in Pima County, Arizona, as part of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Pima County, Arizona: Board of Supervisors. |
Mazzoni, J.; Green, L.T.; Phillips, A.M., III; Phillips, B.G.; Brian, N. 1982. Status report on Neolloyida erectocentra var. erectocentra. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |