Echinocereus salm-dyckianusScheer

WFO wfo-0000661503 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Dante S. Figueroa
fig. a Dante S. Figueroa, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-09-07 / obs. 157744410
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. b Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 155514407
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. c Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 155514532
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. d Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156567093
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. e Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 98614120
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. f Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156567174
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. g Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157818268
Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. h Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157758169

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Echinocereus salm-dyckianus is native: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest Mexico NortheastMexico Northwest
Native distribution of Echinocereus salm-dyckianus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cereus salm-dyckianus Hemsl.
  • Cereus salmianus J.F.Cels
  • Echinocereus rischeri (R.C.Römer) W.Rischer
  • Echinocereus salm-dyckianus f. obscuriensis (A.B.Lau) W.Rischer & Trocha
  • Echinocereus salm-dyckianus subsp. obscuriensis (A.B.Lau) W.Blum
  • Echinocereus salm-dyckianus var. noctiflorus Heid
  • Echinocereus salmianus K.Schum.
  • Echinocereus salmianus Rümpler
  • Echinocereus scheeri subsp. obscuriensis (A.B.Lau) U.Guzmán
  • Echinocereus scheeri subsp. rischeri R.C.Römer
  • Echinocereus scheeri var. obscuriensis A.B.Lau

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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