Cochemiea goodridgei
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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. goodridgei
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| Cochemiea goodridgei (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) P.B.Breslin & Majure
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Cochemiea goodridgei is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexican state Baja California.[1]
Description
[edit]Cochemiea goodrichii has deep taproots and rarely sprouts. Its globose to short cylindrical shoots grow up to 8 cm (3.1 in) high and 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in) in diameter. The tapered, conical warts are blunt and lack milky sap, with naked axillae. It has 3 to 5 central spines up to 0.6 cm (0.24 in) long, the lower usually hooked, and 10 to 13 straight radial spines that are chalky white with dark tips, measuring 0.4 to 0.7 cm (0.16 to 0.28 in) long.
The cream-colored, funnel-shaped flowers have central stripes and are up to 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long and in diameter. The red fruits are club-shaped and up to 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long, containing smooth black seeds.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Cochemiea goodrichii grows in Baja California, Mexico, on the offshore islands of Cedros and Guadalupe.
Taxonomy
[edit]First described in 1850 by Frederick Scheer in Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck's Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849 as Mammillaria goodrichii, the species honors John Goodridge, who discovered it. Scheer's chosen epithet has been often misspelled as goodridgii or goodridgei in many publications.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mammillaria goodridgei". Cacti Guide. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 383. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
- ^ "Cacteæ in horto dyckensi cultæ anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestæ additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione ..." HathiTrust. 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
External links
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Media related to Mammillaria dioica at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cochemiea goodridgei at Wikispecies
