Mammillaria albiflora

Mammillaria albiflora
	Mammillaria albiflora
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Mammillaria
Type :	Mammillaria albiflora
Scientific name
	Mammillaria albiflora
	( Werderm. ) Backeb.

Mammillaria albiflora is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet albiflora is derived from the Latin words albus for 'white' and -florus for '-blütig'.

description

Mammillaria albiflora grows individually and rarely forms groups. Its somewhat cylindrical shoots , hidden under the dense thorns, reach heights of growth of up to 5 centimeters or more and a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters. The small warts do not contain any milky sap and the axillae are bare. There is no central spine . The 60 to 80 short white radial spines are interwoven.

The white flowers are tinted light pink. They are up to 3.5 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 2.5 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Mammillaria albiflora is common in the Mexican state of Guanajuato .

It was first described as Mammillaria herrerae var. Albiflora in 1931 by Erich Werdermann . Curt Backeberg raised it to the rank of an independent species in 1937. The following species are synonyms : Mammillaria herrerae var. Albiflora Werderm. (1931) and Escobariopsis albiflora (Werderm.) Doweld (2000).

Mammillaria albiflora is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. critically endangered, classified.

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 368-369 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 5.
↑ Erich Werdermann: New cacti in the Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem . In: Notblatt des Königl. botanical garden and museum in Berlin . Volume 11, Number 104, 1931, p. 277, JSTOR 3994744 .
↑ Leaves for cactus research . 1937, number 2, p. 3.
↑ Mammillaria albiflora in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by Fitz Maurice, WA & Fitz Maurice, B., 2002. Accessed April 27 of 2010.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 5.

[2] Erich Werdermann: New cacti in the Botanical Garden Berlin-Dahlem . In: Notblatt des Königl. botanical garden and museum in Berlin . Volume 11, Number 104, 1931, p. 277, JSTOR 3994744 .

[3] Leaves for cactus research . 1937, number 2, p. 3.

[4] Mammillaria albiflora in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by Fitz Maurice, WA & Fitz Maurice, B., 2002. Accessed April 27 of 2010.