| Cochemiea barbata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. barbata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochemiea barbata (Engelm.) Doweld | |
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Cochemiea barbata [16] is a small cactus native to Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, with the common name greenflower nipple cactus. [17]
Cochemiea barbata grows either solitary or with multiple heads, forming dense cushions. The plant bodies are depressed, spherical to briefly cylindrical, and about 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in) in diameter. The soft, spherical to cylindrical warts lack milky juice. The axillae are naked. The 1 to 4 central spines are stiff, brown to reddish-brown or orange-brown, and up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long, with 1 or 2 being heavily hooked. The 16 to 60 marginal spines are in several rows, mostly hairy, whitish to yellowish with darker tips, and 0.6 to 0.8 cm (0.24 to 0.31 in) long.
The flowers are 1.5 to 3 cm (0.59 to 1.18 in) long and wide, varying in color from white, light pink to yellowish, pink to orange, or brownish to greenish. The outer perianth segments are ciliated. The elongated fruits are green to purple or dark red, up to 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter, and contain dark reddish-brown seeds. [18] [19]
Cochemiea barbata is found in Arizona, and New Mexico, USA, and Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, Mexico in mountainous locations in the Sierra Madre Occidental. [20]
First described as Mammillaria barbata by George Engelmann in 1848, the specific epithet "barbata" is Latin for "bearded," referring to the ciliated perianth segments. [21] Alexander Borissovitch Doweld reclassified it to the genus Cochemiea in 2000.
Mammillaria is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized. Most of the mammillaria are native to Mexico, but some come from the southwest United States, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Honduras. The common name "pincushion cactus" refers to this and the closely related genus Escobaria.
Grusonia is a genus of opuntioid cacti, originating from the North American Deserts in Southwest United States and northern Mexico, including Baja California. Authors differ on precise boundaries of the genus, which has been included in Cylindropuntia. Corynopuntia, also known as club chollas, is now a synonym, with the genus originally being described by Knuth in 1935. Molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that it should be included in Grusonia, a view accepted by Plants of the World Online as of June 2021.
Cochemiea guelzowiana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. The species epithet guelzowiana honors the German cactus collector Robert Gülzow of Berlín.
Cochemiea tetrancistra is a species of fishhook cactus known by the common name common fishhook cactus. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, where it grows in a variety of desert habitat types.
Cochemiea multidigitata is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is endemic to San Pedro Nolasco Island in Mexico, growing on steep slopes. Cochemiea multidigitata sprouts a white to cream-colored flower from spring to early summer.
Cochemiea thornberi is a species of cactus known by the common names Thornber's fishhook cactus and Thornber's nipple cactus. It is native to Arizona in the United States and Sonora in Mexico.
Mammillaria marksiana is a cactus in the genus Mammillaria of the family Cactaceae.
Cochemiea grahamii is a species of cactus also known by the names Arizona fishhook cactus and Graham's nipple cactus.
Mammillaria standleyi is a species of the family Cactaceae native to the Sierra Madre Occidental of Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Sonora. It has red-purple flowers surrounded by cottony pubescence. Fruits are red and edible, tasting like apples, although too small to be of much food value to humans.
Cochemiea conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to southern United States to central Mexico.
Cochemiea boolii is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae with pink-petaled flowers.
Cochemiea mainiae is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae, with the common name counterclockwise nipple cactus.
Pelecyphora tuberculosa, the corncob cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the south-central United States, and northern Mexico.
Cochemiea wrightii is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico and the southern United States.
Cochemiea blossfeldiana is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.
Cochemiea poselgeri is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico
Cochemiea saboae is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.
Cochemiea cerralboa is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.
Cochemiea halei is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.
Cochemiea viridiflora, commonly known as the greenflower nipple cactus or the fishhook pincushion, is a species of Cochemiea found in Southern United States.
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