''Dudleya cochimiana'', commonly known as the Cedros liveforever, is a species of

succulent plant In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

in the family Crassulaceae

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Cedros Island, a large island off of the coast of

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It is a rosette-forming leaf succulent characterized by broad, green to white leaves, and flowers with white to pink petals. It can be found on rocky slopes and canyons along the island.

Taxonomy

This species was first known as ''Dudleya cedrosensis,'' a name given to the plants by

Reid Moran Reid Venable Moran (June 30, 1916 – January 21, 2010) was an American botanist and the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1957 to 1982. Moran was the world authority on the Crassulaceae, a family of succulent plant ...

in his 1951 thesis on ''Dudleya''. The failure of the thesis to be published meant that ''Dudleya cedrosensis'' was never a valid species, as Moran had difficulty reconciling some morphological differences between plants on the island. Although distinct, it was often regarded as a synonym of '' Dudleya ingens'', due to the type collection being later identified as ''D. ingens aff'', and sometimes associated with '' Dudleya albiflora.'' In 2023, Stephen McCabe validly published and described ''Dudleya cochimiana'' in Madroño, which encompasses roughly the same plants Moran assigned to ''D. cedrosensis''. McCabe named the new species in honor of the indigenous peoples of the central Baja California peninsula, the Cochimi.

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Picture of the plant in flower

Reid Moran's photograph of the plant
{{Crassulaceae-stub cedrosensis Flora of Baja California

Taxonomy

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