Echinocereus papillosus

Linke ex Haage

Cact.-Verz., 19. 1859.

Common names: Yellow-flowered alicoche allicoche cactus
Synonyms: Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus (Linke ex Haage) L. D. Benson Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps W. T. Marshall
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 162. Mentioned on page 159, 163.

Plants irregularly forming clumps at or before flowering. Stems mostly nearly erect when young, frequently decumbent in old age, cylindric, 4–15 × 2–3 (–7) cm; ribs (6–) 7–10, crests strongly undulate; areoles 10–15 mm apart. Spines 8–12 per areole, straight, appressed-spreading (radial spines) or projecting to appressed (central spines), white, yellow, or brown-and-white; radial spines 7–10 per areole, to 15 mm; central spines 1 (–4) per areole, brown, terete, to 25 mm. Flowers funnelform, 7–9 × 7–12 cm; flower tube 20–30 × 10–30 mm; flower tube hairs 1 mm; inner tepals yellow, proximally orange-red to purple, 15–40 × 10–20 mm, tips relatively thin and delicate; filaments yellowish to orange-red; anthers yellow; nectar chamber 4–6 mm. Fruits green, 15–25 mm, pulp white. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering early spring; fruiting 2 months after flowering.
Habitat: Open prairies with mesquite, Tamaulipan thorn scrub, alluvium, red gravel, limestone
Elevation: 0–150 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Small-stemmed plants were designated as Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps (Clover) W. T. Marshall, reportedly endemic near Linn, Texas. The status of the proposed variety remains unresolved but appears weak; W. Blum et al. (1998) and E. F. Anderson (2001) considered the name to be a synonym of typical E. papillosus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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cushionlike +
circular to linear +
deciduous +  and persistent +
hourglass--shaped +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Allan D. Zimmerman +  and Bruce D. Parfitt +
Linke ex Haage +
hardened +
triangular +
curved +  and straight +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
proliferating +
flattened +  and cylindric +
Yellow-flowered alicoche +  and allicoche cactus +
mucilaginous +
undulate +
Tex. +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
0–150 m +
not separating +
yellowish +  and orange-red +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
persistent +, long +  and deciduous +
spheric +  and narrowly obovoid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Open prairies with mesquite, Tamaulipan thorn scrub, alluvium, red gravel, limestone +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
deciduous +  and persistent +
rudimentary +
flat +  and terete +
nearly +  and microscopic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
smooth +  and tuberculate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
Flowering early spring +  and fruiting 2 months after flowering. +
mucilaginous +
ridgelike +  and nipple--shaped +
Cact.-Verz., +
triangular +
arillate +  and strophiolate +
dark reddish-brown +  and black +
0.4mm;12mm +
rugose +  and tuberculate +
spheric;obovoid +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
tuberculate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
brown-and-white +, yellow +  and white +
straight +
deciduous +
3mm +  and 150mm +
projecting +  and appressed +
7 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
roughened +  and smooth +
acicular +  and subulate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
decurrent +
unsegmented +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
yellow-green +  and dark green +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
cylindric +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
succulent +
2cm;3cm +
yellowish green +  and green +
tuberculate +
Echinocereus berlandieri var. papillosus +  and Echinocereus papillosus var. angusticeps +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
epipetric +  and epiphytic +
Echinocereus papillosus +
Echinocereus +
species +
dull +  and glossy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
unbranched +  and branched +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
decumbent +, pendent +, sprawling +, ascending +  and erect +
barrel-shaped +  and spheric +