Cochemiea estebanensis explained

Cochemiea estebanensis is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.

Description

Cochemiea estebanensis grows either solitary or in groups. Its grey-green, cylindrical shoots, with rounded apexes, can reach up to in height and in diameter. The firm, pyramidal warts lack milky juice. The axillae are wool-covered with 5 to 8 bristles, each up to long. There is one central spine, brown with a dark tip, straight or hooked, measuring between long. The plant has 15 to 22 radial spines that are needle-like, straight, and range in color from brownish to gold or white, each up to long.

The funnel- or bell-shaped flowers are white, up to long, and in diameter. The red fruits contain black seeds.[1]

Distribution

Cochemiea estebanensis is found in the Mexican state of Baja California, specifically on Isla San Esteban and the San Lorenzo Archipelago.

Taxonomy

Originally described as Mammillaria estebanensis by George Edmund Lindsay in 1967, the species name "estebanensis" refers to Isla San Esteban.[2] In 2021, Peter B. Breslin and Lucas C. Majure reclassified it into the genus Cochemiea.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Anderson, Edward F. . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon . Ulmer . Stuttgart (Hohenheim) . 2011 . 978-3-8001-5964-2 . de . 380.
  2. Web site: Cactus and Succulent Journal Jan-Feb 1967: Vol 39 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive . Internet Archive . 2023-03-25 . 2024-06-14.
  3. Breslin . Peter B. . Wojciechowski . Martin F. . Majure . Lucas C. . Molecular phylogeny of the Mammilloid clade (Cactaceae) resolves the monophyly of Mammillaria . Taxon . 70 . 2 . 2021 . 0040-0262 . 10.1002/tax.12451 . 308–323.