Echinopsis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinopsis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Echinopsis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Echinopsis
Echinopsis is a genus of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus. As of November 2025, Plants of the World Online used a broad circumscription of the genus, resulting in about 80 accepted species, ranging from large and treelike types to small globose cacti. The name derives from echinos hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis appearance, a reference to these plants' dense coverings of spines.
They are remarkable for the great size, length of tube, and beauty of their flowers, borne upon generally small and dumpy stems.
...Echinopsis in languages:
- Chinese
- 剌猬仙人掌
- Chinese
- 海膽仙人掌
- English
- South American hedgehog cactuses
- English
- sea-urchin cactus
- English
- Easter lily cactus
- English
- golden torch cereus
- Japanese
- エキノプシス属
- Lithuanian
- Echinopsis
- Thai
- สกุล ดาวล้อมเดือน
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthocalycium
- Arthrocereus
- Aylostera
- Borzicactus
- Brachycereus
- Cleistocactus
- Cremnocereus
- Denmoza
- Discocactus
- Echinopsis
- Espostoa
- Espostoopsis
- Facheiroa
- Gymnocalycium
- Haageocereus
- Harrisia
- Lasiocereus
- Leocereus
- Lobivia
- Loxanthocereus
- Matucana
- Mila
- Oreocereus
- Oroya
- Pygmaeocereus
- Rauhocereus
- Rebutia
- Reicheocactus
- Samaipaticereus
- Setiechinopsis
- Trichocereus
- Vatricania
- Weberbauerocereus
- Yungasocereus
- × Haagespostoa
- × Harrisinopsis
- × Oreonopsis
Child Taxa
- Echinopsis albispinosa
- Echinopsis ancistrophora
- Echinopsis ayopayana
- Echinopsis boyuibensis
- Echinopsis bridgesii
- Echinopsis calochlora
- Echinopsis calorubra
- Echinopsis leucantha
- Echinopsis mamillosa
- Echinopsis obrepanda
- Echinopsis oxygona
- Echinopsis pamparuizii
- Echinopsis rhodotricha
- Echinopsis rojasii
- Echinopsis subdenudata
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