Mammillaria miegiana

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

Mammillaria miegiana is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet miegiana honors the American cactus collector Charles E. Mieg from Scottsdale .

description

Mammillaria miegiana grows solitary, appearing white. The spherical to short cylindrical shoots are up to 16 centimeters high and reach a diameter of 10 centimeters. The warts are square shaped. The axillae are woolly at first and later bare. The 2  central spines are directed upwards and downwards. They are brown and 7 to 8 millimeters long. The 10 to 11 radial spines are grayish white, straight or slightly curved. They are 8 to 9 millimeters long.

The reddish pink flowers have a scarlet central stripe. They are up to 2 inches long and up to 2.5 inches in diameter. The club-shaped fruits are colored cherry red and up to 2.5 centimeters long. They contain reddish brown seeds .

Distribution and systematics

Mammillaria miegiana is common in the Mexican state of Sonora . It was first described in 1972 by W. Hubert Earle (1906–1984).

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 397 .
• Ulises Guzmán, Salvador Arias, Patricia Dávila: Catálogo de cactáceas mexicanas . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 2003, ISBN 970-9000-20-9 , pp. 143 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 154.
2. ↑ Saguaroland Bulletin . Desert Botanical Garden, No. 26, 1972, p. 77.

Web links

Commons : Mammillaria miegiana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Plant photos and distribution at Mammillarias.net