Mammillaria mammillaris
Mammillaria mammillaris
Mammillaria mammillaris is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet mammillaris means warty, warty '.
Description
Mammillaria mammillaris growing singly or forming small groups. The spherical to short cylindrical shiny light green to dark green shoots reach a diameter of up to 20 centimeters. The conical warts contain latex. In the axils sparsely wool is available. The 3-5 reddish-brown central spines have a darker tip, greyish later and are 7-8 millimeters long. The uppermost spine is the longest. The 10 to 16 radial spines are reddish brown and greyish in old age.
The cream- white, funnel- shaped flowers have a length of 1 to 1.2 centimeters. The club-shaped red fruits are 10 to 20 millimeters long and contain small brown, rough seeds.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Mammillaria mammillaris is widespread in the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and the neighboring islands of the Netherlands Antilles and Venezuela.
The first description was in 1753 as Cactus mammillaris by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum. Hermann Karsten they put 1882 in the genus Mammillaria. A synonym is Neomammillaria mammillaris (L.) Britton & Rose (1923).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.