Cochemiea conoidea
Cochemiea conoidea | |
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C. conoidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Cochemiea |
Species: | C. conoidea
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Binomial name | |
Cochemiea conoidea (DC.) P.B.Breslin & Majure
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Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Cochemiea conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to southern United States to central Mexico.
Description
Cochemiea conoidea is an solitary, unbranched cylindrical cactus up to 24 cm (9.6 inches) tall and up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter. The somewhat yellowish-green to green shoots, usually with whitish woolly tips, are spherical to cylindrical, with diameters of 3 to 6 centimeters and heights of 5 to 24 centimeters. Ribs are weakly defined or absent. The cone-shaped warts, 3 to 10 millimeters long and 6 to 10 millimeters wide, are prominent. Dimorphic areoles, 3 to 5 millimeters in size, are spaced 8 to 12 millimeters apart and have an areolar groove. The single central spine, sometimes absent, is black to reddish-brown, straight, and protruding, measuring 5 to 25 millimeters long. There are 15 to 16 radial spines.[4]
The funnel-shaped flowers are purple-red, 2 to 3 centimeters long, and 4 to 6 centimeters in diameter. Outer
Distribution
Cochemiea conoidea is found from western
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Plant growing in Mina, Nuevo Leon
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Plant growing in Parras De La Fuente, Coahuila
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Habitat in Northwest Vanegas, San Luis Potosi
Taxonomy
First described as Mammillaria conoidea by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle in 1828, the species name "conoidea" is Latin for "conical," referring to the shape of the shoots.[13] Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure reclassified it under the genus Cochemiea in 2021.[14]
References
- ^ Group), Succulent Plants Specialist (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ The Plant List
- ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord, & Rose, Joseph Nelson. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 49(8): 252. 1922.
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 112. 1828.
- ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ^ Dave's Plant Files, Chihuahuan beehive
- ^ Tucson Gardener, Neolloydia conoidea, D.S. Franges, Tucson, Arizona
- ^ Flora of North America v 4 p 438
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ^ "Mammillaria conoidea". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-06-06. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
- ^ D&Amp, Um National; (France), histoire naturelle (1828). "Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle". G. Dufour. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ISSN 0040-0262.
External links
- Media related to Cochemiea conoidea at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Cochemiea conoidea at Wikispecies