Mammillaria magallanii

Mammillaria magallanii
	Mammillaria magallanii , ; several seedling plants
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Mammillaria
Type :	Mammillaria magallanii
Scientific name
	Mammillaria magallanii
	F. Schmoll ex RTCraig

Mammillaria magallanii is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Pedro Magallan, probably a collector for the Mexican plant dealer Ferdinand Schmoll .

description

Mammillaria magallanii usually grows individually. The spherical to club-shaped, green shoots are up to 6 centimeters high and up to 4.5 centimeters in diameter. The warts are cylindrical in shape and have no milky sap . The axillae are covered with sparse wool. Central spines are usually absent. Sometimes there is a central spine with a length of 3 millimeters that is straight, curved or hooked with an orange-ocher coloring and a brown tip. The 70 to 75 interlocking radial spines are chalky white with an orange-ocher base and are 2 to 5 millimeters long.

several seedling plants with fruits

The cream-colored flowers have a pink to brownish central stripe. They are 1 centimeter long and have the same diameter. The red fruits contain black seeds .

Distribution and systematics

Mammillaria magallanii is common in the Mexican states of Coahuila , Durango, and Zacatecas .

It was first described in 1945 by Robert T. Craigs in The Mammillaria handbook .

Synonyms are Ebnerella magallanii (F.Schmoll ex RTCraig) Buxb. (1951), Chilita magallanii (F.Schmoll ex RTCraig) Buxb. (1954, nom. Inval. ICBN article 33.3), Mammillaria lasiacantha subsp. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex RTCraig) DRHunt (1997), Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex RTCraig) Doweld (2000), Mammillarian magallanii var. rosecentra (Boed. & F.Ritter) Linzen (1982, nom. inval. ICBN -Article 33.3, 34.1b), Chilita lengdobleriana (Boed.) Buxb . (1954, nom. Inval. ICBN -Article 33.3) and Mammillaria magallanii f. hamatispina (Backeb.) Linzen (1982, nom. inval. ICBN -Article 8.4, 33.3).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 393 .
Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape V . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 1984, ISBN 3-437-30384-8 , p. 3338 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 145.
↑ Robert T. Craig : The Mammillaria handbook: with descriptions, illustrations, and key to the species of the genus Mammillaria of the Cactaceae . EP Publishing, University of Wisconsin - Madison 1945, pp. 225 .

Web links

Commons : Mammillaria magallanii - 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. 145.

[2] Robert T. Craig : The Mammillaria handbook: with descriptions, illustrations, and key to the species of the genus Mammillaria of the Cactaceae . EP Publishing, University of Wisconsin - Madison 1945, pp. 225 .