Cochemiea dioica (K.Brandegee) Doweld

Fish-Hook Cactus
Cactaceae - Caryophyllales

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Protologue: Tsukkulenty 3: 39 (2000)
Pronunciation: Co-che-mié-a di-ò-i-ca

Etymology: after the Cochimí indigenous people, who historically inhabited the Baja California peninsula of Mexico
+ dioecious, having separate male and female plants

Synonym: Mammillaria dioica K.Brandegee

Jepson eFlora Treatment (as Mammillaria d.)

Jepson eFlora Key to Mammillaria taxa

SD County Synoptic Voucher (as Mammillaria d.)


Distribution:
  
LEFT: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). RIGHT: CCH2 (as Mammillaria d.). Click to see current collections.
Note, in San Diego County, distribution along coast and in desert and not in the intervening mountain range.