Mammillaria magnimamma
Mammillaria magnimamma
Mammillaria magnimamma is a plant of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet magnimamma means with large warts '.
Description
Mammillaria magnimamma growing globose, slightly depressed later often obovate. The gray to blue-green body divide frequently and form larger groups. The warts are large, broad, very depressed, ovoid dull and dark green and carry milk juice. The axillae are woolly; especially if they are young provided with white wool. The 2-5 radial spines are highly variable, of unequal length and whitish to yellow with dark tips. They are 1.5 to 4.5 inches long, which are often Deeper down. Central spines are usually absent.
The relatively small, only 2 to 2.5 cm large flowers are cream -colored to pink or purplish pink. The fruits are clearly dark. The seeds are brown.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Mammillaria magnimamma is distributed with large populations in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Guerrero, Mexico, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí and occurs at altitudes between 100 and 2700 meters.
The first description was in 1824 by Adrian Hardy Haworth.
Synonyms are the following species and varieties described: Mammillaria macracantha DC. (1829 ), Mammillaria gladiata Mart. (1832 ), Mammillaria zuccariniana Mart. (1832 ), Mammillaria centricirrha Lem. (1839 ), Mammillaria phymatothele A. Berger (1840 ), Mammillaria pentacantha Pfeiff. (1840 ), Mammillaria flavovirens Salm- Dyck (1840 ), Mammillaria trohartii Hildm. ex K.Schum. (1898), Mammillaria phymatothele var trohartii ( Hildm ex K.Schum. ) RTCraig (1945 ), Mammillaria bucareliensis RTCraig (1945 ), Mammillaria bucareliensis var bicornuta Schmoll ex RTCraig (1945 ), Mammillaria vagaspina RTCraig (1945 ), Mammillaria Vallensis Repp. (1987 ), Mammillaria Vallensis var brevispina Repp. (1987 ), Mammillaria priessnitzii Repp. (1987 ), Mammillaria saxicola Repp. (1987 ), Mammillaria rioverdense Repp. (1987 ), Mammillaria bucareliensis multiflora var Repp. (1987) and Mammillaria bucareliensis var tamaulipa Repp. (1987).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.