Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. ()
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🌵 Published in Mem. Tour N. Mexico [Wislizenus]: 93 (1848)
Etymology

Latin trĭ– ‘three’ + botanical Latin glōchĭdĭum ‘spine, glochid’ + Latin –ātus ‘having, -like’. For the number of spines per areole, generally three in older specimens. Engelmann: “spines in young specimens 4 to 6, in older ones generally 3, two lateral ones 8 to 14 lines long, one bent down only 6 to 8 lines long.” Not for the “spines with each 3 barbs” (Genaust, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 3. Auflage. 1996).


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 27). Echinocereus triglochidiatus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-triglochidiatus

Common name
kingcup cactus

United States Department of Agriculture (2021)

kingcup cactus, Mojave mound cactus

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021)