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Echinocereus pacificus (Echinocereus pacificus)

Description

Echinocereus pacificus is a cactus plant described first by Georg George Engelmann and Charles Russell Orcutt, and now became known as Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. Echinocereus pacificus is part of the genus Echinocereus and the family cactus plants. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Echinocereus