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Cochemiea viridiflora

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Cochemiea viridiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cochemiea
Species:
C. viridiflora
Binomial name
Cochemiea viridiflora
(Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure
Synonyms
  • Chilita viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Orcutt 1926
  • Fimbriatocactus viridiflorus (Britton & Rose) Guiggi 2023
  • Mammillaria viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Boed. 1933
  • Mammillaria wrightii subsp. viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Lodé i2022
  • Mammillaria wrightii var. viridiflora (Britton & Rose) W.T.Marshall 1950
  • Neomammillaria viridiflora Britton & Rose 1923
  • Mammillaria chavezei Cowper 1963
  • Mammillaria orestera L.D.Benson 1969

Cochemiea viridiflora, commonly known as the greenflower nipple cactus or the fishhook pincushion, is a species of Cochemiea found in Southern United States.[1]

Description

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Cochemiea viridiflora grow solitary with a thick succulent root. Stems are flat-topped, spherical, or short cylindrical with 5–17 mm (0.20–0.67 in) tubercles. Areoles have white or brown-and-white spines, featuring 1-4 central spines and 13-31 hooked radial spines.

Flowers are cream to greenish-white or rose pink with a pink midstripe, measuring 1.5 cm–3.9 cm × 1.2 cm–4.2 cm (0.59 in–1.54 in × 0.47 in–1.65 in). Tepals have long fringed margins. Fruits are green or purple, ovoid or obovoid, and 6 mm–22 mm × 4 mm–13 mm (0.24 in–0.87 in × 0.16 in–0.51 in) in size. Seeds are dark brown and reticulated. The chromosome count is 2n=22.[2]

Distribution

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Plants are found growing in central Arizona near Prescott and I-10 from near Santa Rita in New Mexico in stone crevices and around boulders in grasslands, interior chaparral, pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands at elevations from 800 to 2,000 m (2,600 to 6,600 ft).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Cochemiea viridiflora (Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  2. ^ Bödecker, (Britt. & Rose). "Mammillaria viridiflora". BioKIC Biodiversity Data Hosting. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  3. ^ "Mammillaria viridiflora (Green-Flower Nipple-Cactus)". New Mexico Rare Plants. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
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