| Cochemiea guelzowiana | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cochemiea |
| Species: | C. guelzowiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochemiea guelzowiana (Werderm.) P.B.Breslin & Majure | |
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Cochemiea guelzowiana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. The species epithet guelzowiana honors the German cactus collector Robert Gülzow of Berlín.
Description
Cochemiea guelzowiana is a perennial plant that grows fleshy, globose, at first solitary and then forming groups. The stems have a spherical, apically depressed, about 7 inches tall and 4-10 inches in diameter. Tubercules are conical and cylindrical. They do not contain latex. The plant has 1-6 thin central spines, needle shaped, yellowish red, 8 to 25 millimeters long. The 60-80 radial spines are long and twisted, about 15 mm long. The bell-shaped flowers are purple, more or less bright, up to 4 inches long and can reach 7 inches in diameter. The fruits are almost spherical, bright red or yellowish white, about 8 mm in length.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Mexico where it grows west of Nazas and north of Navidad Mine in Indé Municipality, Durango. Its natural habitat are hot deserts and grassy mountain tops on rocky outcrops at elevations of 1,300–1,700 metres (4,300–5,600 ft) above sea level. Plants are found growing along Thelocactus bicolor subsp. heterochromus, Coryphantha longicornis, Stenocactus multicostatus, Echinocereus polyacanthus, Echinocereus pectinatus, Fouquieria splendens, and Cylindropuntia imbricata.
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Cochemiea guelzowiana at the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova
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Cochemiea guelzowiana at the Prague Botanic Garden
References
- Fitz Maurice, W.A.; Fitz Maurice, B (2017). "Mammillaria guelzowiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T40836A121499961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T40836A121499961.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 384. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- Vallicelli, Valentino (2013-08-04). "Mammillaria guelzowiana". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- Tropicos
- The plant list
- Cacti Guide
- Mammillaria.net
- Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004
External links
Media related to Cochemiea guelzowiana at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cochemiea guelzowiana at Wikispecies
