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Cactus setispinus J.M.Coult.
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 106. 1894
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Cochemiea pondii subs. setispina (J.M.Coult.) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 16 (11 Oct. 2003) Remarks: first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 33 (May 2003), without basionym reference

Cactus setispinus (Cochemiea pondii subs. setispina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cochemiea pondii (Greene) Walton
Cact. J. (London) 2: 51. 1899 , in obs.
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cochemiea pondii subs. maritima (G.E.Linds.) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 16 (11 Oct. 2003) first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 33 (May 2003), without basionym reference
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cochemiea pondii subs. setispina (J.M.Coult.) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 16 (11 Oct. 2003) Remarks: first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 33 (May 2003), without basionym reference
Synonymy: 5
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cochemiea pondii group

  • Cochemiea pondii (Greene) Walton: (subsp. pondii) has 4-11 central spines up to 30 mm long, reddish, longer and stouter than the radials, of which one (or two) rigid and strongly hooked. Distribution: Cedros Island, off the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico.
  • Cochemiea pondii subs. maritima (G.E.Linds.) U.Guzmán: has usually only four central spines the lowermost stronger, longer and hooked 3 – 5 cm long. Distribution: Pacific coast of the peninsula Baja California ( from Punta blanca to punta rosalia, west of Punta prieta)
  • Cochemiea pondii subs. setispina (J.M.Coult.) U.Guzmán: has only 1-4 central spines, upper one straight, lower one longest and hooked, 2-5 cm long. Distributiom: San Borja region, San Julio Canyon, and Angel de la Guarda Island, Baja California.


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