Cochemiea conoidea

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
C. conoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cochemiea
Species:
C. conoidea
Binomial name
Cochemiea conoidea
(DC.) P.B.Breslin & Majure
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cactus conoideus (DC.) Kuntze
  • Echinocactus conoideus (DC.) Poselger
  • Mammillaria ceratites Quehl
  • Mammillaria conoidea DC.
  • Mammillaria grandiflora Otto ex Pfeiff.
  • Neolloydia ceratites (Quehl) Britton & Rose
  • Neolloydia texensis Britton & Rose
  • Neolloydia conoidea (DC.) Britton & Rose

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
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. Flora of North America v 4 p 438
  4. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  5. Britton, Nathaniel Lord, & Rose, Joseph Nelson. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 49(8): 252. 1922.
  6. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 112. 1828.
  7. 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.
  8. Dave's Plant Files, Chihuahuan beehive
  9. Tucson Gardener, Neolloydia conoidea, D.S. Franges, Tucson, Arizona
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