Genus: Echinopsis Life
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Familty: Cactaceae
About 130 species, native to South America, with one species
naturalised in southern Africa and a further 13 species that are cultivated in
the region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002). For Echinopsis klimpeliana,
see Acanthocalycium klimpelianum on Cactaceae main
page.
Echinopsis ancistrophora
[= Echinopsis polyancistra]
Native to Argentina. |
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Echinopsis aurea (Golden Easter
lily cactus)
Native to Argentina. |
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Echinopsis cinnabarina
Native to Bolivia. |
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Echinopsis ferox
Native from Bolivia to Argentina. |
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Echinopsis haematantha
Native to Argentina. Echinopsis haematantha subsp. kuehnrichii
is cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Echinopsis leucantha
Native to Argentina. |
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Echinopsis mirabilis
Native to Argentina. |
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Echinopsis oxygona (Easter lily
cactus)
Native to Brazil and Argentina. |
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Echinopsis pentlandii
Native to Peru and Bolivia. |
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Echinopsis pugionacantha
Native to Bolivia. |
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Echinopsis schieliana
Native to Bolivia. |
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Echinopsis sylvestrii
Native to Argentina. |
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Echinopsis tubiflora
Native to Argentina. |
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