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12-22-2016

Coryphantha robbinsiorum

Coryphantha robbinsiorum NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports — Coryphantha robbinsiorum ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.This cactus lives mostly buried in the ground with only its top few centimeters exposed. There is a cluster of spines on each areole, surrounded by a tuft of white woolly hairs. The spines are straight and white, often with dark tips, and measure 1 or 2 centimeters long. The flower is 1 to 3 centimeters long and has greenish yellow tepals. The fruit is bright red to orange, succulent, and under a centimeter in length. The plant grows in nearly solid bedrock with little soil or sand, in full sunlight. It can be found in dense colonies of up to 1000 individuals

Detailed information
Full Name: Cochise Pincushion cactus (Coryphantha robbinsiorum)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 01/09/1986 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Cochise Pincushion cactus, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Arizona
  • US Counties in which the Cochise Pincushion cactus, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Countries in which the the Cochise Pincushion cactus, Wherever found is known to occur: Mexico
  • Additional species information
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Cochise Pincushion cactus.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/27/1993 Cochise Pincushion Cactus View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
09/27/1993 Cochise Pincushion Cactus View Implementation Progress Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
04/21/2006 71 FR 20714 20716 5-Year Review of 25 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
04/06/2007 Cochise Pincushion Cactus 5-Year Review
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