Thornber's nipple cactus
Cochemiea thornberi
Cochemiea thornberi (Orcutt) P.B.Breslin & Majure is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cochemiea.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is MXNSO, ARI, SOUTHWESTERNUSA, MXNBS, MEXICO, MXN, ARIOO, MXNSI, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXN_BC; S. Arizona to Mexico (Sonora).1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Cochemiea thornberi (Orcutt) P.B.Breslin & Majure". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77217871-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Cochemiea thornberi". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/11289804 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
S. Arizona to Mexico (Sonora)
Automatically collected source range/note: MXN_SO, ARI, SOUTHWESTERN_USA, MXN_BS, MEXICO, MXN, ARI_OO, MXN_SI, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXN_BC; S. Arizona to Mexico (Sonora).