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Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus; Cottontop Cactus   

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Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus
Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus
Cottontop Cactus
Photographer: Charles Webber
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 8253 3202 3491 0092 (1999-02-24)

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Feb 1, 1948
  • latitude 36.83528   longitude -117.10006   max error distance 5405 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Death Valley National Monument, Titus Canyon (Inyo County, California, US)
  • family Cactaceae
  • notes   Cereus engelmannii
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 21362
  • photo category: Plant - tree/shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Cottontop Cactus (CF, ITIS ) Cottontop Cactus (photographer)
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by CalPhotos Staff    pre-2001

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

    Reviewer's comments:
         "1999-06-28- Name changed from 'Echinocereus engelmannii' to 'Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus' per Henk Verkouw [h.t.verkouw@multiweb.nl]"

     
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