Mammillaria saboae
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Mammillaria saboae is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the American cactus collector Kathryn Sabo (* 1917) from Woodland Hills .
description
Mammillaria saboae grows individually or in small groups with fleshy roots. The egg-shaped, green shoots are 1 to 4 centimeters long and have a diameter of 1 to 3.5 centimeters. The small warts are slightly rounded, smooth and do not contain any milky juice . The axillae are bare. The central spines are absent. A central spine with a length of 2 millimeters has rarely been observed. The 17 to 45 radial spines are very slender, glassy white, basal yellow and partly slightly curved. They are up to 2 millimeters long.
The funnel-shaped flowers are pink. They are up to 6.5 inches long with an equally large diameter. The fruits are sunk into the plant body. They contain black seeds .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Mammillaria saboae is common in the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Sonora, and Durango .
It was first described in 1966 by Charles Edward Glass .
The following subspecies are distinguished:
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Mammillaria saboae subsp. goldii (Glass & RAFoster) DR Hunt :
The first description was in 1968 as Mammillaria goldii by Charles Edward Glass and Robert Alan Foster . David Richard Hunt introduced the species in 1997 as a subspecies to Mammillaria saboae . Synonyms are Mammillaria saboae var. Goldii (Glass & RAFoster) Glass & RAFoster (1979) and Cochemiea saboae subsp. goldii (Glass & RAFoster) Doweld (2000). The subspecies is predominantly solitary. It has 34 to 45 radial spines. -
Mammillaria saboae subsp. haudeana (ABLau & K.Wagner) DR Hunt :
The first description was in 1978 as Mammillaria haudeana by Alfred Bernhard Lau and Klaus Wagner . David Richard Hunt introduced the species in 1998 as a subspecies to Mammillaria saboae . Synonyms are Mammillaria saboae var. Haudeana (ABLau & K.Wagner) Glass & RAFoster (1979), Mammillaria saboae f. haudeana (ABLau & K.Wagner) DR Hunt (1978) and Cochemiea saboae subsp. haudeana (ABLau & K.Wagner) Doweld (2000). The subspecies becomes twice as large as the nominate form . It grows in groups and has 18 to 27 radial spines. -
Mammillaria saboae subsp. roczekii Rischer & Wolfg.Krüger :
The first description was in 2003 by Wolfgang Krüger and Werner Rischer . The subspecies has strongly thickened, turnip roots. The shoots are flat and round and sprout. -
Mammillaria saboae subsp. saboae :
A synonym is Cochimea saboae (Glass) Doweld (2000). The nominate form grows strongly sprouting the apex completely covered with thorns. It has 17 to 25 radial spines and flowers 4 centimeters in length and diameter.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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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. 406 .
- John Pilbeam : Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook . cactusfile.com, Southampton 1999, ISBN 0-9528302-8-0 , pp. 254-256 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 211.
- ↑ Cactaceas y suculentas mexicanas . Vol. 11, 1966, p. 55.
- ^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Vol. 40, Los Angeles 1968, p. 151.
- ↑ DR Hunt: Mammillaria Postscripts . Volume 6, 1997, p. 5.
- ^ AB Lau and K. Wagner: Mammillaria haudeana spec. nov. In: Cacti / Succulents . Vol. 29, issue 11, Berlin 1978, p. 253.
- ↑ DR Hunt: Mammillaria Postscripts . Volume 7, 1998, p. 3.
- ↑ Wolfgang Krüger, Werner Rischer: In: Mitteilungsblatt des Arbeitskreis für Mammillarienfreunde . Vol. 27, Issue 2, 2003, pp. 50-51.
- ↑ Mammillaria saboae in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Van Devender, T. & Reina, AL, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
