Mammillaria orcuttii
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Mammillaria orcuttii is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet orcuttii honors the American naturalist and plant hunter Charles Russell Orcutt .
description
Mammillaria orcuttii usually grows individually, with spherical to short club-shaped, shiny blue-green shoots . The short conical, apically rounded warts contain plenty of milky juice . The axillae are heavily woolly. The 4 to 5 central spines are blackish brown and are 0.8 to 2 inches long. The radial spines are usually completely absent or are sometimes present in the form of 6 to 8 short, hair-like spines.
The bright carmine-red flowers have a darker central stripe. They are 1.2 inches in diameter. The red fruits contain black seeds .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Mammillaria orcuttii is common in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí .
It was first described in 1930 by Friedrich Bödeker . The synonym : Mammillaria phantasma Sotom., Arredondo & M.Mart.Mend. (1999).
Mammillaria orcuttii is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Least Concern (LC) ", d. H. classified as not endangered in nature.
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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. 399 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 172.
- ↑ Mammillaria orcutii sp. nov. In: Monthly of the German Cactus Society , vol. 2, 1930, p. 258.
- ↑ Mammillaria orcuttii in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2011. Posted by Fitz Maurice, WA & Fitz Maurice, B., 2002. Accessed October 16, 2011th