Cochemiea cerralboa is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.[2]

Cochemiea cerralboa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cochemiea
Species:
C. cerralboa
Binomial name
Cochemiea cerralboa
(Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure
Synonyms
  • Bartschella cerralboa (Britton & Rose) Doweld 2000
  • Mammillaria armillata subsp. cerralboa (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt 1997
  • Mammillaria cerralboa (Britton & Rose) Orcutt 1926
  • Mammillaria dioica var. cerralboa (Britton & Rose) Neutel. 1986
  • Neomammillaria cerralboa Britton & Rose 1923

Description

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Cochemiea cerralboa typically grows solitary and rarely forms groups. Its slender cylindrical shoots reach up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in height and 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in) in diameter. The yellowish-green warts are firm, conical to cylindrical, and lack milky juice. Axillae have short bristles. The plant features a strong, straight or sometimes hooked yellowish central spine, 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long, and about 10 yellow, straight radial spines, each up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are white with pinkish-brown central stripes, up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long and wide. The club-shaped fruits vary from greenish to purple-red and contain black seeds.[3]

Distribution

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Cochemiea cerralboa is native to Isla Cerralvo in Baja California Sur, Mexico.[citation needed]

Taxonomy

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It was first described as Neomammillaria cerralboa by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1923.[4] In 2021, Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure reclassified it into the genus Cochemiea.[5]

References

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  1. ^ León de la Luz, J.L.; Gómez-Hinostrosa, C.; Hernández, H.M. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Mammillaria cerralboa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T152267A121529247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152267A121529247.en.
  2. ^ "Cochemiea cerralboa (Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  3. ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 375. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
  4. ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
  5. ^ 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.
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