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Echinomastus
''Echinomastus'' (meaning "spiny breast") is a genus of cacti A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Gree .... They are native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Species There are up to 7 species, including: References *http://southwestdesertflora.com/ *https://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/index.html Cactoideae Cactoideae genera {{Cactus-stub ...
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Echinomastus Erectocentrus
''Echinomastus erectocentrus'' is a species of cactus known by the common names redspine fishhook cactus,''Echinomastus erectocentrus''.
USDA Plants Profile.
redspine butterfly cactus,''Sclerocactus erectocentrus''.
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acuña cactus, needle-spine pineapple cactus, red pineapple cactus, and purple-spine viznagita. It is native to and

Echinomastus Mariposensis
''Echinomastus mariposensis'' (syn. ''Neolloydia mariposensis'', ''Sclerocactus mariposensis'') is a rare species of cactus known by the common names Lloyd's fishhook cactus, golfball cactus, silver column cactus, and Mariposa cactus. It is native to a small section of territory straddling the border between Brewster County, Texas, in the United States and the state of Coahuila in Mexico. It has been federally listed as a threatened species in the United States since 1979.USFWS''E. mariposensis'' Recovery Plan.April 1990. Habitat This tiny cactus grows at about 30 sites in Texas and Coahuila, many of which are located within Big Bend National Park and the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area.''E. mariposensis''.
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Echinomastus Johnsonii
''Echinomastus johnsonii'' (syn. ''Sclerocactus johnsonii'') is a species of cactus known by the common names Johnson's beehive cactus and Johnson's fishhook cactus. It is native to the southwestern United States from eastern California to Utah, where it can be found in desert scrub Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Deserts and xeric (ancient Greek xērós, “dry") shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area. Ecoregions in this ... habitat. It produces an egg-shaped or cylindrical stem up to tall by wide. It is covered densely in straight and curving spines which may be up to long and come in shades of yellow, gray, lavender, and pink or red, with up to 24 per areole. The cactus may have yellow or pink flowers; the species is sometimes divided into two varieties on the basis of flower color. Flowers are up to wide. The scaly, fleshy fruit is up to long. References Exter ...
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Cactoideae
The Cactoideae are the largest subfamily of the cactus family, Cactaceae. Around 80% of cactus species belong to this subfamily. , the internal classification of the family Cactaceae remained uncertain and subject to change. A classification incorporating many of the insights from the molecular studies was produced by Nyffeler and Eggli in 2010. Various revisions have been published since, e.g. to the tribe Hylocereeae and the tribe Echinocereeae. Classifications remained uncertain . Tribes and genera , the National Center for Biotechnology Information used the division of the subfamily into tribes shown below. Some revisions to the circumscriptions of the tribes are also shown. * Blossfeldieae **'' Blossfeldia'' *Browningieae **'' Armatocereus'' – '' Browningia'' – '' Neoraimondia'' – '' Stetsonia'' * Cacteae **'' Acharagma'' – '' Ariocarpus'' – ''Astrophytum'' – '' Aztekium'' – '' Coryphantha'' – ''Cumarinia'' � ...
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Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its luxurious and extremely large casino-hotels together with their associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks ...
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