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Taxonomic account

Cochemiea viridiflora

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Cochemiea viridiflora (Britton & Rose) P.B.Breslin & Majure

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 viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
  • Fimbriatocactus viridiflorus (Britton & Rose) Guiggi
  • Mammillaria chavezei Cowper
  • Mammillaria orestera L.D.Benson
  • Mammillaria viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Boed.
  • Mammillaria wrightii subsp. viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Lodé
  • Mammillaria wrightii var. viridiflora (Britton & Rose) W.T.Marshall
  • Neomammillaria viridiflora 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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