Cochemiea conoidea
| Cochemiea conoidea | |
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| C. conoidea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. conoidea
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochemiea conoidea (DC.) P.B.Breslin & Majure
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Cochemiea conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to western Texas and to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. It is a part of the Chihuahuan Desert desert scrub and the Tamaulipan thorn scrub.[3][4]
Cochemiea conoidea is an unbranched cylindrical cactus up to 24 cm (9.6 inches) tall and up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter. Outer tepals of the flowers are whitish with green midveins; inner tepals bright pink-rose to magenta. Fruits are pale yellow-olive with black seeds.[5][6][7][8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Flora of North America v 4 p 438
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord, & Rose, Joseph Nelson. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 49(8): 252. 1922.
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 112. 1828.
- ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ^ Dave's Plant Files, Chihuahuan beehive
- ^ Tucson Gardener, Neolloydia conoidea, D.S. Franges, Tucson, Arizona