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Echinocactus polycephalus
Biznaga de Chilitos

Photographer: Gary A. Monroe
Collection: CalFlora

ID: 0000 0000 1102 1238 (2002-11-22)

INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO

date of photo 1992

location unspecified (Clark county, Nevada, US)

contributor's ID # eccoc2, NPDC 03

photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT

common names Biznaga de Chilitos, Many-headed barrel cactus (ITIS )

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Reviewed by Floyd Waller May 14, 2013

Action: changed name from "Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus" to "Echinocactus polycephalus "

Reviewer's comments:

"Common barrel cactus for that area."

Reviewed by Floyd Waller May 14, 2013

Action: commented on photo

Reviewer's comments:

"Did not catch that computer retained the former common name for the hedgehog cactus, should be Biznaga de Chilitos or Many-headed barrel cactus, per E. F. Anderson, "The Cactus Family""

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