Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Caryophyllales
        Family: Cactaceae
          Genus: Echinocereus
            Species: fendleri var. kuenzleri

Kuenzler's Cactus - Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri

Kuenzler's Cactus

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466596

Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Stems solitary or few in a cluster, more or less conical, 10-15 cm tall, 7-10 cm wide; ribs 7-12, tubercled; spines usually 3-7 per areole, thick, to over 1 mm near swollen base, often angular in cross section, usually white to pale gray, sometimes brownish, often with a brown to purplish or black longitudinal line, one spine occasionally central and porrect to 2.5 or exceptionally 5 cm long, others spreading radially and usually not over 2.5 cm long; flowers 6-12 cm in diameter; tepals magenta, usually with bands of green and darker color near center, usually pointed; ovary spiny, spines deciduous with ripening of fruit, perianth persistent; mature fruit 3-5 cm long, broadly spindle-shaped, red with white somewhat juicy pulp, usually dehiscing by one to three longitudinal slits; seeds about 1.5 mm long, black, tubercled, hilum basal. Flowers in May to early June.

Status

Global Rank: G4G5T2Q

State Rank: S2

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Endangered [LE]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 55

Number of Mapped Locations: 365

Number of Observations: 3644

Observation date range: 07-20-1976 to 06-11-2024

External Links

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  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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