Chichimecactus corregidorae is a species of cactus. It is the sole species in genus Chichimecactus.[2] It is native to the states of Querétaro and Hidalgo in northeastern Mexico, where it grows in desert and dry shrubland.[1]

Chichimecactus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Chichimecactus
Bárcenas, H.M.Hern. & P.Hern.-Led. (2021)
Species:
C. corregidorae
Binomial name
Chichimecactus corregidorae
(S.Arias & E.Sánchez) Bárcenas, H.M.Hern. & P.Hern.-Led. (2021)
Synonyms[1]

Strombocactus corregidorae S.Arias & E.Sánchez (2010)

References

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  1. ^ a b Chichimecactus corregidorae (S.Arias & E.Sánchez) Bárcenas, H.M.Hern. & P.Hern.-Led. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Bárcenas, Rolando, Héctor M. Hernández, Patricia Hernández-Ledesma, and Luis Manuel Montoya Gómez (2021). Chichimecactus (Cactoideae, Cactaceae), a new genus based on molecular characterisation of highly endangered Strombocactus species. Phytotaxa Vol. 512 No. 3: 27 July 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.512.3.2