Cochemiea palmeri 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. palmeri
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| Cochemiea palmeri (J.M.Coult.) P.B.Breslin & Majure
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Description
editCochemiea palmeri grows in groups with gray-green, elongated spherical shoots reaching 9 cm in height and 5 cm in diameter. The square-based, bluntly conical warts lack milky juice. The axillae are covered with white wool and short, twisted bristles. The plant has 3 to 5 straight or occasionally hooked central spines, brownish with dark tips, measuring 6 to 8 mm long, and 25 to 30 slender, needle-like radial spines, white and 5 to 6 mm long.
The flowers are light greenish-white or light cream-colored, sometimes with a pink touch, and measure 1 cm across. The scarlet red, club-shaped fruits are up to 1.3 cm long and contain black seeds.[3]
Distribution
editCochemiea palmeri is native to the Mexican state of Baja California, specifically on the islands of San Benito and Guadalupe from sea level to 300 meters growing along Dudleya linearis and Deinandra streetsii.[4]
Taxonomy
editOriginally described as Cactus palmeri by John Merle Coulter in 1894, the species was named in honor of botanist and archaeologist Edward Palmer.[5] In 2021, Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure reclassified it into the genus Cochemiea.[6]
References
edit- ^ Burquez Montijo, A.; Felger, R.S. (2017) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Mammillaria neopalmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T151883A121512052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151883A121512052.en.
- ^ "Cochemiea palmeri (J.M.Coult.) 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. p. 399. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
- ^ "Mammillaria neopalmeri". www.llifle.com. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
- ^ States., United (1892). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. v.3 (1892-1896). Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ 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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