Cochemiea saboae

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| image = Mammillaria saboae ssp. haudeana (14262570292).jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite journal | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2010-05-11 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152009/121517981 | access-date=2024-06-02 | page=}}

| genus = Cochemiea

| species = saboae

| authority = (Glass) Doweld 2000

| synonyms =

Mammillaria saboae {{au|Glass 1966}}

}}

Cochemiea saboae is a species of Cochemiea found in Mexico.{{cite web | title=Cochemiea saboae (Glass) Doweld | website=Plants of the World Online | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321368-2 | access-date=2024-04-21}}

Description

Cochemiea saboae grows solitary or in small groups with fleshy roots. The green, egg-shaped shoots are {{cvt|1 to 4|cm}} long and {{cvt|1 to 3.5|cm}} in diameter. The small, slightly rounded, smooth warts do not produce milky juice. The axillae are naked, and central spines are usually absent, though a {{cvt|2| mm}}-long central spine has been observed rarely. The 17 to 45 radial spines are slender, glassy white, yellow at the base, and sometimes slightly curved, growing up to {{cvt|2| mm}} long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are pink and can grow up to {{cvt|6.5|cm}} long and wide. The fruits are embedded in the plant body and contain black seeds.{{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=406}}

=Subspecies=

Accepted subspecies:{{cite web | title=Cochemiea saboae (Glass) Doweld | website=Plants of the World Online | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321368-2 | access-date=2024-06-02}}

Image	Name	Distribution
class="wikitable"
	Cochemiea saboae subsp. goldii {{au\|(Glass & R.A.Foster) Doweld}}	Mexico (NE. Sonora)
120px	Cochemiea saboae subsp. haudeana {{au\|(A.B.Lau & K.Wagner) Doweld}}	Mexico (SE. Sonora)
120px	Cochemiea saboae subsp. saboae	Mexico (W. Chihuahua)

Distribution

Cochemiea saboae is found in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango at elevations between 2,100 and 2,200 meters growing on volcanic rock slabs.{{cite web | last=Art | first=Cactus | title=Cochemiea saboae | website=LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/9663/Cochemiea_saboae | access-date=2024-06-02}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=bysa3|from this source=yes}}

Taxonomy

Initially described as Mammillaria saboae by Charles Edward Glass in 1966, honoring American cactus collector Kathryn Sabo, it was reclassified to the genus Cochemiea by Alexander Borissovitch Doweld in 2000.{{cite web | title=Au Cactus Francophone | website=Au Cactus Francophone | url=https://www.cactuspro.com/lecture/Cactaceas-y-Suculentas-Mexicanas/Cactaceas-y-Suculentas-Mexicanas-1966-3/page-3.en.html | language=fr | access-date=2024-06-02}}

References

External links

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{{Wikispecies-inline|Cochemiea saboae|Cochemiea saboae}}

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Category:Cacti of Mexico