Mammillaria carmenae

Mammillaria carmenae
	Mammillaria carmenae
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Mammillaria
Type :	Mammillaria carmenae
Scientific name
	Mammillaria carmenae
	Castañeda

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Mammillaria carmenae is a species of plant in the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Carmen González Castañeda, wife of the engineer and cactus enthusiast Marcelino Castañeda.

description

Mammillaria carmenae forms small groups. The spherical to egg-shaped plant bodies are up to 4 to 10 centimeters high and up to 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter. The conical warts are without the milky sap . The axillae are covered with wool and bristles. Central spines are completely absent. The 100 or more radial spines are white or light yellow and 0.5 inches long.

The white to light pink or tinged pink flowers are up to 1.1 centimeters long and 1.1 centimeters in diameter. The greenish fruits contain black seeds .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Mammillaria carmenae is common in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas .

The first description was in 1953 by Marcelino Castañeda . A synonym is Escobariopsis carmenae (Castañeda) Doweld (2000).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 374 .
Ulises Guzmán: Catálogo de cactáceas mexicanas . Universidad National Autonoma de México, Mexico City 2007, ISBN 970-9000-20-9 , pp. 118 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 41.
↑ Castañeda: Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad Nacional de Mexico . Volume 24, Issue 2, 1953, p. 233.
^ Mammillaria carmenae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM, Sotomayor, M. & Smith, M., 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Mammillaria carmenae - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Plant photos and distribution at Mammillarias.net

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 41.

[2] Castañeda: Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad Nacional de Mexico . Volume 24, Issue 2, 1953, p. 233.

[3] Mammillaria carmenae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM, Sotomayor, M. & Smith, M., 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2013.