genus Echinocereus


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Noun1.genus Echinocereus - large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United Statesgenus Echinocereus - large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
Echinocereus
caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales
hedgehog cereus - cactus of the genus Echinocereus
rainbow cactus - a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
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Pollination syndromes in the genus Echinocereus: A review.
Floral visitors of Astrophytum myriostigma in La Sierra el Sarnoso, Durango, Mexico
Based on cpDNA, Wallace & Forquer (1995) supported its inclusion in the genus Echinocereus; however, this species does not share dermal and vascular anatomical traits with species of Echinocereus.
The genus Echinocereus. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Comparative stem anatomy in the subfamily Cactoideae

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