Mammillaria carretii
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Mammillaria carretii is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet honors Mr. Carret, of whom no further data are known.
description
Mammillaria carretii grows individually. The spherical to short cylindrical plant bodies are 5 to 6 centimeters in diameter. The slightly cylindrical, soft-fleshed warts have no milky juice . The axillae are woolly at first, later bare with 1 to 4 bristles. The thorns are finely hairy. There is a hooked, subspine brownish central spine 1.4 to 1.8 centimeters long. The 12 to 14 radial spines are needle-like, slightly curved, yellowish and are up to 1.3 inches long.
The funnel-shaped cream-white flowers have a pink central stripe. They are up to 2.5 inches and 1.5 inches in diameter. The slender green fruits contain brown seeds .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Mammillaria carretii is common in the Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo León .
It was first described in 1898 by Karl Moritz Schumann .
The following described species are synonymous :
Chilita carretii (Rebut ex K.Schum.) Orcutt (1926), Ebnerella carretii (Rebut ex K.Schum.) Buxb. (1951), Dolichothele carretii (Rebut ex K.Schum.) Doweld (2000), Neomammillaria saffordii Britton & Rose (1923), Chilita saffordii (Britton & Rose) Orcut (1926) and Mammillaria saffordii (Britton & Rose) Bravo (1937 )
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. listed as 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. 374-375 .
- Alwin Berger : Cacti - instructions for culture and knowledge of the most important introduced species . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1929, p. 297 .
- NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape IV . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923, p. 160 ( online ).
- 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.
- ↑ Karl Schumann : Complete description of the cacti (Monographia cactacearum) . J. Neumann, Neudamm 1899, p. 542 ( online ).
- ↑ Mammillaria carretii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Fitz Maurice, B, Sotomayor, M., Fitz Maurice, WA, Hernández, HM & Smith, M., 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
