Shannon Fehlberg, Desert Botanical Garden The Acuña cactus, Echinomastus erectocentrus var. acunensis, is an endangered species with a restricted distribution in the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. Population-level genetic analyses for this species are lacking, and taxonomic boundaries between E. erectocentrus var. acunensis and its close relatives E. erectocentrus var. erectocentrus […]
Distinguishing Acuña cactus, a federally endangered species, from its close relatives using genetic information
