Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Echinocereus engelmannii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Cactaceae |
| Family common name(s) | cactus |
| Genus common name(s) | echinocereus; strawberry hedgehog cactus; hedgehog cereus |
| Species common name(s) | Engelmann's hedgehog-cactus; Engelmann's hedgehog cactus; Engelmann's hedgehog; Engelmann's hedge-hog; Engelmann's calico cactus; Engelmann hedgehog-cactus; Engelmann hedgehog cactus; Engelmann hedgehog; Engelmann hedge-hog; Engelmann calico cactus; calico cactus; calico hedgehog cactus; calico hedgehog; strawberry hedgehog-cactus; strawberry hedgehog cactus; saint's hedgehog cactus; dagger-spine hedgehog |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Howe's hedgehog cactus [var. howei]; Howe hedgehog [var. howei]; Munz's hedgehog cactus [var. munzii]; Munz hedgehog cactus [var. munzii]; yellow-center hedgehog cactus [var. chrysocentrus] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hedgehog-cactus, hedgehog cactus, hedge-hog cactus, hedge hog cactus, king-cup cactus, kingcup cactus, king cup cactus, saint's cactus, saints' cactus, saints cactus, strawberry cactus are applied to multiple Cactaceae taxa |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (pejorative or derogatory): nigger-head cactus, niggerhead cactus, nigger-head, nigger-heads, niggerheads; not recommended: Indian strawberry cactus |
| Notes | Engelmann, Howe, Munz are proper names, so upper case preferable; Engelmanns, Engelman, Engelman's, Engelmans, Englemann, Howes, Munz', Munzs are errors |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. acicularis L. D. Benson; var. armatus L.D. Benson; var. chrysocentrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Rümpl.; var. engelmannii; var. howei L.D. Benson; var. munzii (Parish) Pierce & Fosberg]; Echinocereus munzii (Parish) L.D. Benson |
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