Family:
Cactaceae (Cactus
Family)
Scientific name: Echinocereas leueanthus N. P.Taylor
Published in: The Genus Echinocereus: 136, 1985 Plate 3 & fig. 5
Holotype:
Mexico: From cultivated Material, J. MARNIER‑LAPOSTOLLE,
Les Cedres, France [P]
Synonyms:
Wilcoxia albiflora C. BACKEBERG.
Published in:
Cactus (Paris) 7(3 3) Suppl. 2: 16, fig.,
1952
Section:
Wilcoxia
Distribution:
Mexico: Sonora, Guaymas,‑ Sinaloa, Los Mochis: ‑
elevation 50 m above
sea level.
Description:
Basally branching 5-7 mm in diameter with 8 superficial
ribs, distance between
areoles 3-5 mm
; 9-18 small thin yellowish or white
radial spines 1-1,5 mm long, 2-5
centrals 1-1,5 mm long.
Each
plant forms 4-8 roundish
apical
tubers at the main
roots, these measure 50-80 mm in diameter and
are dark-grey to brown.
Photo of conspecific taxa,
varieties, forms and cultivars of
plants belonging to the
Echinocereus posselgeri
complex
(This
Taxon
has lots of synonyms
(
like many other cacti) whit several controversial varieties and subspecies
and comprises different forms):
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