Cochemiea macdougallii

Cochemiea macdougallii is a species of cactus in the genus Cochemiea.[1] The plant has a greenish-gray epidermis and black spines. It is only known from Oaxaca, Mexico.

Cochemiea macdougallii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cochemiea
Species:
C. macdougallii
Binomial name
Cochemiea macdougallii
(Alexander) P.B.Breslin & Majure[1]
Synonyms
  • Escobaria macdougallii (Alexander) V.John & Ríha
  • Neobesseya macdougallii (Alexander) Kladiwa
  • Ortegocactus macdougallii Alexander

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1961 by Edward Johnston Alexander as Ortegocactus macdougallii.[2] It was the only species in Alexander's genus Ortegocactus. Ortegocactus was later synonymized with Cochemiea, but a name in that genus was only provided in 2021.[1][3]

References
  1. "Cochemiea macdougallii (Alexander) P. B. Breslin & Majure", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-03-05
  2. "Ortegocactus macdougallii Alexander", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-03-05
  3. Breslin, Peter B.; Wojciechowski, Martin F. & Majure, Lucas C. (2021), "Molecular phylogeny of the Mammilloid clade (Cactaceae) resolves the monophyly of Mammillaria", Taxon, 70 (2): 308–323, doi:10.1002/tax.12451


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