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Cochemiea wrightii

Cochemiea wrightii

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Source-backed classification draft for Cochemiea wrightii.

Scientific taxonomy article

Cochemiea wrightii

Cochemiea wrightii (Engelm.) Doweld 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 MXEAG, MXECU, NWMOO, MXEGU, MXNBS, ARIOO, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, NWM, MEXICO, SOUTHCENTRALUSA, ARI; E. Arizona to W. Texas and N. 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

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cochemiea wrightii (Engelm.) Doweld". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1036345-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cochemiea wrightii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284555 ↩

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Cochemiea wrightii

Cochemiea wrightii

Cochemiea wrightii

Cochemiea wrightii (formerly known as Mammillaria wrightii ) is a small, typically solitary cactus species within the Cactaceae family, highly prized for its large, showy purple pink flowers and distinctive hooked central spines.