''Chichimecactus corregidorae'' is a species of
cactus
A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...
. It is the sole species in genus ''Chichimecactus''.
[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] It is native to the states of Querétaro and
Hidalgo in northeastern Mexico, where it grows in desert and dry shrubland.
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Cacti
Monotypic Cactaceae genera
Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Endemic flora of Mexico
Plants described in 2010