Cochemiea pondii

Cochemiea pondii

Cochemiea pondii (Greene) Walton

The 2020 key recognised Cochemiea pondii by three central spines, some with hooked tips, and 20–30 radial spines. The sites given included Cedros and Natividad islands. These traits distinguished six species of the narrow Cochemiea of that time. [García Morales et al. 2020]

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Spines in the key to the classical group

Material in the plastid tree

In the 2021 plastid analysis, samples of C. pondii (identified as Mammillaria pondii) formed a lineage close to the pair C. maritima and C. setispina. The name history also includes former pondii subspecies now accepted in POWO as separate species. [Breslin et al. 2021, Breslin et al., p. 313, fig. 2. POWO, as of 11 October 2026] [2-WWW]

Cochemiea. Plastid relationships and the young radiation of Baja California

Materials from the author's archive

The species also appears in Konrad Szychowski's private material archive. [Anonim b.d.y, file p. 1] [Lindsay 1959, file p. 6, 7, 8]

Older descriptions and cultivation observations · Cochemiea pondii

Synonyms and names in the literature

Cactus pondii · Mammillaria pondii [2-WWW]

Sources for this account

Article2020

A new species of Cochemiea (Cactaceae, Cacteae) from Sinaloa, Mexico

García Morales L. J., González González R., García Jiménez J., Iamonico D., A new species of Cochemiea (Cactaceae, Cacteae) from Sinaloa, Mexico, Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2020, (127):e1626, doi: 10.21829/abm127.2020.1626

The protologue of Cochemiea thomasii from Cosalá municipality in Sinaloa, based on field studies in 2018 and 2019, herbarium material and seed observations under a scanning microscope. It describes pendent stems, straight spines, red flowers, laterally splitting fruits and seeds. It compares the species with C. halei, documents its rocky habitat in deciduous forest and presents a key to six species in the narrow generic circumscription used at the time.

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Article2021

Molecular phylogeny of the Mammilloid clade (Cactaceae) resolves the monophyly of Mammillaria

Breslin P. B., Wojciechowski M. F., Majure L. C., Molecular phylogeny of the Mammilloid clade (Cactaceae) resolves the monophyly of Mammillaria, Taxon, 2021, 70(2):308-323, doi: 10.1002/tax.12451

A reconstruction of mammilloid clade phylogeny from the large single-copy region of the plastid genome, using maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference. The sample contains 88 specimens representing 78 taxa, and the analysis is supported by morphological character state reconstructions. The authors propose new boundaries for Mammillaria, Cochemiea and Coryphantha and discuss the separate position of Mammillaria sphacelata, now Oehmea sphacelata.

GenusCochemieaCoryphanthaMammillariaOehmeaPelecyphora

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[2-WWW]Source website

Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

https://powo.science.kew.org/

Accepted names, synonyms and distribution. A citation beside a taxon leads to its record.

Accessed 2026-10-08.

Archived materialb.d.y

Tabela Cochemiea / Mammillaria

[Autor nieustalony, Tabela Cochemiea / Mammillaria, b.d.y]

A table from Konrad Szychowski's private archive compares Cochemiea and Mammillaria names. It documents a historical classification.

Genus

Bibliographic details and access scope

Data according to the source used. Author unknown. n.d. indicates that the publication date has not been confirmed.

Copy in the supplied material

Article1959

El género Cochemiea

Lindsay G., El género Cochemiea, Cactáceas y Suculentas Mexicanas, 1959, 4(4):75-81

The historical review describes Cochemiea on the Baja California Peninsula and nearby islands. It compares plant morphology and distribution under the genus treatment of the time.

GenusCochemiea