Taxonomic account

Cochemiea sheldonii

Cochemiea sheldonii (Britton & Rose) Doweld

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cochemiea
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Chilita alamensis (R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Chilita gueldemanniana (Backeb.) Buxb.
Chilita inae (R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Chilita sheldonii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Chilita swinglei (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Cochemiea swinglei (Britton & Rose) Doweld
Ebnerella guirocobensis (R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Ebnerella inae (R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Ebnerella sheldonii (Britton & Rose) Buxb.
Ebnerella swinglei (Britton & Rose) Buxb.
Mammillaria alamensis R.T.Craig
Mammillaria dioica subsp. swinglei (Britton & Rose) Hoeve
Mammillaria grahamii subsp. sheldonii (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria gueldemanniana Backeb.
Mammillaria gueldemanniana var. guirocobensis (R.T.Craig) Backeb.
Mammillaria guirocobensis R.T.Craig
Mammillaria inae R.T.Craig
Mammillaria marnieriana Backeb.
Mammillaria milleri f. gueldemanniana (Backeb.) Neutel.
Mammillaria milleri f. swinglei (Britton & Rose) Neutel.
Mammillaria milleri var. sheldonii (Britton & Rose) Neutel.
Mammillaria pseudoalamensis Backeb.
Mammillaria sheldonii (Britton & Rose) Boed.
Mammillaria swinglei (Britton & Rose) Boed.
Mammillaria swinglei var. diabloa P.C.Fisch.
Neomammillaria sheldonii Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria swinglei Britton & Rose

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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