Cochemiea mainiae
Cochemiea mainiae
Cochemiea mainiae
Cochemiea mainiae (K.Brandegee) 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 NW. Mexico.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 mainiae (K.Brandegee) P.B.Breslin & Majure". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77217866-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Cochemiea mainiae". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/11306596 ↩
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