Mammillaria_muehlenpfordtii

<i>Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii</i>

Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii

Species of cactus

Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae.[2]

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Description

Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is a succulent plant that grows rapidly and forms large clusters. It has gray-green cone-shaped warts covered in drooping bristles and features 30–50 white to whitish-yellow marginal spines, each 4 mm long, crowned with 2 to 6 upright central spines. These central spines vary in color from yellowish to brown and gray, ranging from 2 to 40 mm in length. The plant produces carmine red flowers in a wreath-like arrangement, each reaching a size of 1.5 cm in diameter. Its long fruits are bright red, and its seeds are brown.[3]

  • Flowers
  • Fruits
  • Plants growing in clumps

Distribution

The plant is native to the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Querétaro, and San Luis Potosí, Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii grows at elevations of 1700 to 2400 meters.

Taxonomy

Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii was first described in 1847 by Carl Friedrich Förster, the plant's specific epithet, muehlenpfordtii, honors the German physician and botanist Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt from Hanover.[4] Nomenclature synonyms include Cactus muehlenpfordtii (C.F.Först.) Kuntze (1891) and Neomammillaria muehlenpfordtii (C.F.Först.) Y.Itô (1981).

References

  1. [1]
    Group), Succulent Plants Specialist; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. [2]
    "Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii C.F.Först. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. [3]
    Anderson, Edward F.; Barthlott, Wilhelm; Eggli, Urs; Brown, Roger (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. pp. 397–398. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
  4. [4]
    Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1847). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
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