Cochemiea insularis
| Cochemiea insularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. insularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochemiea insularis (H.E.Gates) P.B.Breslin & Majure 2021
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Cochemiea insularis is a rare species of cactus in the genus Cochemiea commonly known as the island nipple cactus. It is endemic to the vicinity of Bahía de los Ángeles and its neighboring islands in Baja California, Mexico.[2][3]
Description
Cochemiea insularis typically grows in groups, with flattened, mostly spherical blue-green bodies reaching up to 6 cm in height and 5 cm in diameter. The fleshy roots support conical warts without milky sap, while axillae may be bare or woolly with few bristles. It features a 1 cm long hooked central spine with a brown tip and 20 to 30 needle-like white marginal spines, each up to 0.5 cm long.
Its funnel-shaped flowers, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, are light pink, and its orange-red club-shaped fruits, up to 1 cm in size, contain black seeds.[4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Mexican state of Baja California, where it is found around the Bahía de los Ángeles and its neighboring islands such as Isla Angel de la Guarda, Isla de San Marcos, Isla Piojo, Isla Smith, and Isla La Ventana.[2][5]
Taxonomy
Initially described as Mammillaria insularis in 1938 by Howard Elliott Gates, Cochemiea insularis was later reclassified into the genus Cochemiea by Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure in 2021.[6][7]
References
- ^ Biología, Héctor Hernández (Instituto de; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist (2012-02-07). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ a b Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 45. San Diego Natural History Museum: 108 – via San Diego Plant Atlas.
- ^ "Cochemiea insularis (H.E.Gates) P.B.Breslin & Majure". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 388. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
- ^ "Mammillaria insularis". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Cactus and Succulent Journal 1938-08: Vol 10 Iss 2 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ 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
- Media related to Cochemiea insularis at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Cochemiea insularis at Wikispecies