Cochemiea conoidea
C. conoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cochemiea
Species:
C. conoidea
Binomial name
Cochemiea conoidea
(DC.) P.B.Breslin & Majure
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cactus conoideus (DC.) Kuntze
  • Echinocactus conoideus (DC.) Poselger
  • Mammillaria ceratites Quehl
  • Mammillaria conoidea DC.
  • Mammillaria grandiflora Otto ex Pfeiff.
  • Neolloydia ceratites (Quehl) Britton & Rose
  • Neolloydia texensis Britton & Rose
  • Neolloydia conoidea (DC.) Britton & Rose

Cochemiea conoidea, common name Texas cone cactus or Chihuahuan beehive, is a species of cactus native to western Texas and to the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. It is a part of the Chihuahuan Desert desert scrub and the Tamaulipan thorn scrub.[3][4]

Cochemiea conoidea is an unbranched cylindrical cactus up to 24 cm (9.6 inches) tall and up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter. Outer tepals of the flowers are whitish with green midveins; inner tepals bright pink-rose to magenta. Fruits are pale yellow-olive with black seeds.[5][6][7][8][9]

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