Mammillaria weingartiana
Mammillaria weingartiana is a species of the genus Mammillaria in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet honors the German cactus connoisseurs and collectors from Thuringia Wilhelm Weingart.
Description
Mammillaria weingartiana grows individually or in groups forming with spherical, bulbous at the base, slightly glossy dark green shoots 4-5 cm in diameter. The warts are slender conical. They contain no latex. The axillae are bald. Initially, one hooked central spines present. Later there are 2 to 3 central spines are straight, dark reddish brown and up to 12 millimeters long. The 16 to 25 radial spines are white and 6 to 8 millimeters long.
The bright greenish-yellow to creamy yellow flowers have a reddish brown center stripe and gewimperte edges. They are up to 1 cm long. The club-shaped, small fruits are red and contain black seeds.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Mammillaria weingartiana is common in the Mexican state of Nuevo León.
The first description was in 1932 by Frederick Boedeker. Synonyms of Mammillaria weingartiana Boed. are Ebner Ella weingartiana ( Boed. ) Buxb. (1951 ), Chilita weingartiana ( Boed. ) Buxb. (1954, nom. Inval. ICBN article 33.3), Escobariopsis weingartiana ( Boed. ) Doweld (2000) and Mammillaria unihamata Boed. (1937 ).
Mammillaria weingartiana was in the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN in 2002 as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, compromised classified. In 2013 it is described as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.