Mammillaria Halbingeri

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Mammillaria Halbingeri
Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Cacteae
Genre : Mammillaria
Type : Mammillaria Halbingeri
Scientific name
Mammillaria Halbingeri
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Mammillaria Halbingeri is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Christian Halbinger (1884–1976) from Mexico City .

description

Mammillaria Halbingeri forms individual groups. The spherical to short cylindrical, light green colored shoots are up to 10 centimeters high and 8 centimeters in diameter. The warts are conical to egg-shaped and have no milky sap . The axillae are covered with wool. The 1 to 2  central spines are slightly curved, needle-like, glassy white to yellowish white with a brown tip and are up to 0.9 centimeters long. The 21 to 28 radial spines are thin, needle-like, glassy white and 0.5 to 0.8 inches long.

The funnel-shaped flowers are sulfur yellow with light pink edges. They reach a diameter of up to 1.2 centimeters. The fruits are small and whitish in color. They contain brown seeds .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Mammillaria Halbingeri is common in the Mexican state of Oaxaca . It was first described in 1933 by Friedrich Bödeker .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data.

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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. 386 .
  • Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape V . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1984, ISBN 3-437-30384-8 , p. 3371 .
  • María de Jésus Ordóñez Díaz, Miguel Briones-Salas: Biodiversidad de Oaxaca . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 2004, ISBN 970-32-2045-2 , pp. 206 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 103.
  2. ↑ Kakteenkunde , organ of the German Cactus Society . Berlin 1933, issue 1, p. 9
  3. ↑ Mammillaria Halbingeri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Arias, S., 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

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