Mammillaria mathildae

Mammillaria mathildae
	Mammillaria mathildae
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Mammillaria
Type :	Mammillaria mathildae
Scientific name
	Mammillaria mathildae
	Kraehenb. & Krainz

Mammillaria mathildae is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors Mathilde Wagner from Cadereyta de Montes in the Mexican state of Querétaro , who discovered the species.

description

Mammillaria mathildae grows in groups with spherical to flattened spherical shoots 5 to 6 centimeters tall and 5 centimeters in diameter. The warts are cylindrical or elongated rhombic. They do not contain milk juice . Some axillae are bristly. The 4 to 5 slightly downy-haired central spines are reddish brown and 6 to 10 millimeters long. One of them is hooked. The 9 to 11 hair-like radial spines are white, slightly downy and 5 to 14 millimeters long.

The flowers are slightly pinkish-white and up to 2 inches long. The scarlet fruits are 6 to 7 millimeters long and contain brownish black seeds .

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Mammillaria mathildae is common in the Mexican state of Querétaro at altitudes of 1,800 meters. It was first described in 1973 by Felix Krähenbühl and Hans Krainz . Synonyms are Mammillaria fittkaui subsp. mathildae (Krähenbühl & Krainz) Lüthy (1995) and Escobariopsis fittkaui subsp. mathildae (Krähenbühl & Krainz) Doweld (2000).

Mammillaria mathildae was in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) , d". H. endangered, classified. In 2013 the species was named " Endangered (EN) ". H. highly endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 395 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 149.
↑ F. Krähenbühl, H. Krainz: Mammillaria mathildae Krähenbühl et Krainz spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 24, Number 12, 1973, pp. 265-266.
↑ Mammillaria mathildae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Fitz Maurice, B, Guadalupe Martínez, J., Sánchez, E. & Fitz Maurice, WA, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 149.

[2] F. Krähenbühl, H. Krainz: Mammillaria mathildae Krähenbühl et Krainz spec. nov. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 24, Number 12, 1973, pp. 265-266.

[3] Mammillaria mathildae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Fitz Maurice, B, Guadalupe Martínez, J., Sánchez, E. & Fitz Maurice, WA, 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2013.