Cochemiea goodridgei

Cochemiea goodridgei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Cochemiea
Species:	C. goodridgei
Binomial name
	Cochemiea goodridgei; (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) P.B.Breslin & Majure
Synonyms
	; Cactus goodridgei (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Kuntze 1891; Chilita goodridgei (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt 1926; Ebnerella goodridgei (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Buxb. 1951; Mammillaria goodridgei Scheer ex Salm-Dyck 1850; Neomammillaria goodridgei (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose 1923;

Cochemiea goodridgei is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexican state Baja California.^[1]

Description

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

Cochemiea goodrichii grows in Baja California, Mexico, on the offshore islands of Cedros and Guadalupe.

Taxonomy

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

^ "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

Media related to Cochemiea goodridgei at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cochemiea goodridgei at Wikispecies

[1] "Mammillaria goodridgei". Cacti Guide. Retrieved 6 September 2015.

[y001-2] Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 383. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.

[p574-3] "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.

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