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{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| image = Echinocereus pectinatus 3.JPG
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name="m456">{{cite journal | last1=Univ. | first1=Martin Terry (Sul Rose State | last2=College | first2=Kenneth Heil (San Juan | last3=Mexico | first3=New | last4=Group) | first4=Succulent Plants Specialist | last5=Ambiental) | first5=Rafael Corral-Díaz (Consultor | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2009-11-17 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152048/121455943 | access-date=2024-07-03 | page=}}</ref>
| taxon = Echinocereus pectinatus
| authority = ([[Scheidw.]]) [[Engelm.]], 1848
| synonyms =
*''Cereus pectinatus'' {{au|(Scheidw.) Engelm. 1849}}
*''Echinocactus pectinatus'' {{au|Scheidw. 1838}}
*''Echinopsis pectinata'' {{au|(Scheidw.) J.H.Fennell 1843}}
|}}
'''''Echinocereus pectinatus''''' is a species of [[Echinocereus|hedgehog cactus]].
==Description==
''Echinocereus pectinatus'' is an upright, spherical to cylindrical cactus, typically solitary, growing {{cvt|8 to 35|cm}} long and {{cvt|3 to 13|cm}} in diameter. The plant is covered in comb-shaped thorns forming white and pink zones. It has 12 to 23 blunt ribs with dense, elliptical, white felted [[areole]]s about {{cvt|3|mm}} long. The 12 to 30 radial spines are comb-shaped, slightly bent back, {{cvt|5 to 15|mm}} long, and tinted whitish to pink. The 1 to 5 central spines range from yellowish to pink to brownish and are {{cvt|1 to 25|mm}} long. The funnel-shaped flowers are {{cvt|5 to 15|cm}} in diameter, deep pink, and appear on the side of the trunk. The flower tube has white tomentose thorns on the outside. The round to elliptical purple fruits are fleshy and thorny.<ref name="u771">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | title=The Cactus Family | publisher=Timber Press (OR) | publication-place=Portland, Or | date=2001 | isbn=0-88192-498-9 | page=242}}</ref>
=== Subspecies ===
There are three accepted subspecies:
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|[[File:CACTUS, RAINBOW (Echinocereus pectinatus) (6-2-11) bog hole, scc,az -02 (5791622725).jpg|120px]]|| ''Echinocereus pectinatus'' subsp. ''pectinatus''||N. Mexico
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| || ''Echinocereus pectinatus'' subsp. ''rutowiorum'' {{small|W.Blum}}||Mexico (Chihuahua)
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|[[File:Echinocereus pectinatus ssp. wenigeri (7296374456).jpg|120px]]|| ''Echinocereus pectinatus'' subsp. ''wenigeri'' {{small|(L.D.Benson) W.Blum & Rutow}}||Texas to Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila)
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==Distribution==
Found in the Mexican states of [[Aguascalientes]], [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]], [[Coahuila]], [[Durango]], [[Guanajuato]], [[Nuevo León]], [[San Luis Potosí]], [[Sonora]], Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, and in the south-western US ([[New Mexico]] and [[Texas]]) at elevations of 400 to 1900 meters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000026-2|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}</ref><ref name="j892">{{cite web | last=Armentano | first=Diego | title=Echinocereus pectinatus | website=
LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/8503/Echinocereus_pectinatus | access-date=2024-07-03}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa3|from this source=yes}} </ref>
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File:Echinocereus pectinatus (5707816040).jpg|Plant growing in habitat in Mina, Nuevo Leon
File:Echinocereus pectinatus (5729975426).jpg|Habitat in Rio Nazas, Durango
File:WildflowerCtr hedgehogCactus.jpg|Plant growing in Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin Texas.
File:Echinocereus pectinatus (5692525819).jpg|Plant growing 56 km South of Estacion Vanegas,San Luis Potosí
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==Taxonomy==
First described in 1838 by [[Michael Joseph François Scheidweiler]] as ''Echinocactus pectinatus'', the species was reclassified by [[George Engelmann]] into the genus ''Echinocereus'' in 1848.<ref name="l134">{{cite web | last=Sciences | first=Mie Royale Des | title=Bulletins de l'Acad&#233;mie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique | website=Biodiversity Heritage Library | volume=t.5 (1838) | date=1838 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16009774 | access-date=2024-07-03}}</ref><ref name="w170">{{cite book | last1=Britton | first1=Nathaniel Lord | last2=Eaton | first2=Mary E. | last3=Rose | first3=J. N. | last4=Wood | first4=Helen Adelaide | title=The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | publication-place=Washington | year=1919 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.46288 | page=}}</ref> The specific epithet "pectinatus," meaning "combed" in Latin, refers to the arrangement of the thorns.<ref name="n661">{{cite book | last=Wislizenus | first=F. A. | title=Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico :connected with Col. Doniphan's expedition, in 1846 and 1847 /by A. Wislizenus. | publisher=Tippin & Streeper, printers | publication-place=Washington | year=1848 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.41509 | page=}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Echinocereus pectinatus|''Echinocereus pectinatus''}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Echinocereus pectinatus|''Echinocereus pectinatus''}}
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[[Category:Echinocereus|pectinatus]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1848]]
[[Category:Cacti of the United States]]