Cochemiea pondii
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Cochemiea pondii
| authority = (Greene) Walton
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- Cactus pondii {{au|(Greene) J.M.Coult. 1894}}
- Mammillaria pondii {{au|Greene 1889}}
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Cochemiea pondii is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.{{cite taxon|powo | title=Cochemiea pondii (Greene) Walton | id=62440-2 | access-date=2024-06-13}}
Description
Cochemiea pondii grows initially as a solitary plant and later forms small groups. Its cylindrical shoots can reach {{cvt|30|cm}} in length and {{cvt|3|to|7|cm}} in diameter. The conically arranged smooth warts have bristled axillae. Of the 4 to 5 central spines, one is always stiff, strongly hooked, whitish with a dark brown tip, and about {{cvt|2.5|cm}} long. The 20 to 30 slender marginal spines are white or occasionally brownish. The red, crooked flowers are up to {{cvt|5|cm}} long, with sometimes protruding stamens. The fruits are red.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2011 | isbn=978-3-8001-5964-2 | language=de | page=403}}{{cite book | last=Britton | first=Nathaniel Lord | last2=Eaton | first2=Mary E. | last3=Rose | first3=J. N. | last4=Wood | first4=Helen Adelaide | title=The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | publication-place=Washington | year=1919 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.46288 | page=}}
Distribution
Cochemiea pondii is widespread in the Mexican state of Baja California and is found only on Isla de Cedros at elevations from sea level to {{cvt|200|m}}. Plants are found growing among Agave sebastiana, Echinocereus maritimus, Cochemiea goodridgei, and Ferocactus chrysacanthus.{{cite web | title=Cochemiea pondii | website=
LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://llifle.info/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/9642/Cochemiea_pondii | ref={{sfnref | LLIFLE | 2013}} | access-date=2024-06-14}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa3|from this source=yes}}
Taxonomy
First described as Mammillaria pondii in 1889 by American botanist Edward Lee Greene, the specific epithet pondii honors US naval officer Charles Fremont Pond.{{cite web | title=Pittonia : Greene, Edward Lee, 1843-1915 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2023-03-25 | url=https://www.archive.org/stream/pittonia03greegoog#page/n276/mode/1up | access-date=2024-06-14}} Frederick Arthur Walton reclassified the species into the genus Cochemiea in 1899.{{cite web | title=The Cactus journal : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | website=Internet Archive | date=2023-03-25 | url=https://archive.org/details/cactusjournalde00unkngoog/cactusjournalde00unkngoog/page/n47/mode/1up | access-date=2024-06-14}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Cochemiea pondii|Cochemiea pondii}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Cochemiea pondii|Cochemiea pondii}}
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