[5] Dudleya cochimiana is a rosette-forming succulent with broad green leaves and white to pink flowers.

[7] The failure of the thesis to be published[8] meant that Dudleya cedrosensis was never a valid species,[6] as Moran had difficulty reconciling some morphological differences between plants on the island.

[6] In 2023, Stephen McCabe validly published and described Dudleya cochimiana in Madroño, which encompasses roughly the same plants Moran assigned to D.

[9] Stephen McCabe named the specific epithet cochimiana in recognition of the indigenous people of the region, and their language and territory.

Cochimí is an extinct language group and a collective name for the various tribes of the indigenous peoples of Cedros Island and central Baja California.