Chichimecactus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Chichimecactus_corregidorae_1.jpeg

|genus = Chichimecactus

|parent_authority = Bárcenas, H.M.Hern. & P.Hern.-Led. (2021)

|species = corregidorae

|authority = (S.Arias & E.Sánchez) Bárcenas, H.M.Hern. & P.Hern.-Led. (2021)

|synonyms = Strombocactus corregidorae {{small|S.Arias & E.Sánchez (2010)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77220995-1 Chichimecactus corregidorae (S.Arias & E.Sánchez) Bárcenas, H.M.Hern. & P.Hern.-Led.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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Chichimecactus corregidorae is a species of cactus. It is the sole species in genus Chichimecactus.Bárcenas, Rolando, Héctor M. Hernández, Patricia Hernández-Ledesma, and Luis Manuel Montoya Gómez (2021). Chichimecactus (Cactoideae, Cactaceae), a new genus based on molecular characterisation of highly endangered Strombocactus species. Phytotaxa Vol. 512 No. 3: 27 July 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.512.3.2 It is native to the states of Querétaro and Hidalgo in northeastern Mexico, where it grows in desert and dry shrubland.