Cochemiea armillata is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. armillata
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| Cochemiea armillata (K.Brandegee) P.B.Breslin & Majure
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Description
editCochemiea armillata initially grows solitary but later forms groups. The plants are slender, cylindrical, and can reach up to 30 cm (12 in) in height and 4 to 5 cm (1.6 to 2.0 in) in diameter, which usually grows with 3 to 12 stems that emerge at the height of the base or sometimes higher. They have firm, blue-green, conical to cylindrical warts without milky sap. The axillae are covered with wool and bristles. Each plant has 1 to 4 strong, yellowish-gray central spines, which darken with age and are partly hooked, measuring 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long. The 9 to 15 grayish white radial spines are thin, bristly, straight, and 0.7 to 1.2 cm (0.28 to 0.47 in) long.
The bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers are pink-creamy yellow, 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in) long, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter. The filaments are pink with yellow anthers. The stigma is also pink, with 5 to 7 lobes up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, pinkish red. The red, club-shaped fruits are 1.5 to 3 cm (0.59 to 1.18 in) long and 7 to 10 mm (0.28 to 0.39 in) in diameter, containing black seeds, up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long by 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide.[3]
Distribution
editCochemiea armillata is native to Baja California Sur, Mexico ranging from San José del Cabo area and as far as La Paz.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
editIt was first described as Mammillaria armillata in 1900 by Mary Katharine Brandegee.[4] The specific epithet armillata is Latin for 'decorated with clasps,' referring to the species' thorns. In 2021, Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure reclassified it into the genus Cochemiea.[5]
References
edit- ^ León de la Luz, J.L. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Mammillaria armillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T152057A121519868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152057A121519868.en.
- ^ "Cochemiea armillata (K.Brandegee) P.B.Breslin & Majure". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
- ^ "Zoe". Zoe Publishing Co. 1900. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ Breslin, Peter B.; Wojciechowski, Martin F.; Majure, Lucas C. (2021). "Molecular phylogeny of the Mammilloid clade (Cactaceae) resolves the monophyly of Mammillaria". Taxon. 70 (2): 308–323. doi:10.1002/tax.12451. ISSN 0040-0262.
External links
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Media related to Cochemiea armillata at Wikimedia Commons
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