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    Echinocereus reichenbachii

    This name, as ssp. reichenbachii, is now commonly restricted to use in reference to a Mexican population.

    This specific complex is in need of a lot more work due to the wide spectrum of disagreements that presently exist over what is or is not a good species, subspecies, variety or recognized form within Echinocereus reichenbachii. Links to "ssp. caespitosa" and "ssp. perbellus" and similar plants are located at the bottom of this page.


    The plant below was collected, as E. reichenbachii, near Mineral Wells in Palo Pinto County, Texas.


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    Collected in San Saba County

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    Collected at several locations near Fredericksburg (probably all within Gillespie County)

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    Collected near Marble Falls in Burnet County

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    Location of collections not clear but all were from Texas

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    Another Echinocereus reichenbachii

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    Origin not given: present in the Zilker Park cactus garden.


     Compare those to:

    albertii

    caespitosus

    fitchii

    perbellus







    Cactus Conservation Institute