Mammillaria armillata

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Mammillaria armillata
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Mammillaria armillata

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Cacteae
Genre : Mammillaria
Type : Mammillaria armillata
Scientific name
Mammillaria armillata
K.Brandegee

Mammillaria armillata is a species of plant in the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet armillata means '(Latin) = decorated with clasps'.

description

Mammillaria armillata initially grows individually and later forming groups. The individual plant bodies are slim, cylindrical and up to 30 centimeters high and 4 to 5 centimeters in diameter. The blue-green warts are conical to cylindrical in shape, firm and without milky sap . The axillae are covered with wool and bristles. The 1 to 4  central spines are strong, yellowish-gray, darker with age. They are 1 to 2 inches long; partly hooked. The interlocking 9 to 15 radial spines are whitish, thin and bristle-like straight and are 0.7 to 1.2 centimeters long.

The flowers are funnel-shaped, pinkish-cream yellow. They are up to 2 centimeters long and also large in diameter. The fruits are clubbed red. They contain black seeds .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Mammillaria armillata is common in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur .

The first description was in 1900 by Mary Katharine Brandegee . Synonyms are Neomammillaria armillata (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose (1923), Chilita armillata (K.Brandegee) Orcut (1926), Ebnerella armillata (K.Brandegee) Buxbaum (1951), Mammillaria dioica var. Armillata (K.Brandegee) Neutel. (1986), Bartsch Ella armillata (K.Brandegee) Doweld (2000) and Neomammillaria lapacena H.E.Gates (1932).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as endangered.

proof

literature

  • Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 369-370 .
  • Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape V . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1984, ISBN 3-437-30384-8 , p. 3283-3284 .
  • Ulises Guzmán, Salvador Arias, Patricia Dávila: Catálogo de cactáceas mexicanas . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 2003, ISBN 970-9000-20-9 , pp. 113 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 15.
  2. ↑ K. Brandegee: Notes on Cacteae II . In: Zoe; a Biological Journal . Volume 5, 1900, pp. 7-8, (online) .
  3. ↑ Mammillaria armillata in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: León de la Luz, JL, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

Web links

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