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Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Gürke
Bluh. Kakteen 6: under pl. 71. 1905
Family: CACTACEAE
Bluh. Kakteen 6: under pl. 71. 1905
Family: CACTACEAE
Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997), nom. nov. (Replaced synonym: MAMMILLARIA crassior)
Synonyms:
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Gürke
- Cactus auricomus (A.Dietr.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria auricoma A.Dietr.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Schelle
See all synonyms of Mammillaria spinosissima
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.
Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 4. 1838
Synonymy: 70
- Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.
- Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze
- Neomammillaria spinosissima (Lem.) Britton & Rose
- Mammillaria centraliplumosa Fittkau
- Mammillaria centraliplumosa var. gracilis Repp.
- Mammillaria gasterantha Repp.
- Mammillaria haasii J.Meyran
- Mammillaria hermannii var. flavicans Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria pitcayensis Bravo
- Mammillaria pretiosa var. cristata Hildm. ex C.F.Först.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata hort.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. aurorea (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus auroreus Kuntze
- Mammillaria aurorea Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima brunnea Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. brunnea (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. castaneoides (Lem.) Borg in Borg
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. cristata
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. eximia (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus eximius (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria eximia Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. eximia (Ehrenb.) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. flavida Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. flavida (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. genuina Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. haseloffii (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria haseloffii Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. hepatica (Ehrenb.) Labour.
- Mammillaria hepatica Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria seegeri var. gracilispina Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. herrmannii (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria herrmannii Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus isabellinus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria isabellina Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. linkeana (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus linkeanus Kuntze
- Mammillaria linkeana Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus mirabilis Kuntze
- Mammillaria mirabilis Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria seegeri var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Labour.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. monstruosa hort.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. polyacantha (Ehrenb.)
- Mammillaria polyacantha Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. pretiosa (Ehrenb.) Scheele
- Cactus pretiosus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria pretiosa Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria pruinosa Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria seegeri var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. pulcherrima (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus pulcherrimus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria pulcherrima Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubens (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima rubens Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina cristata hort.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina hort.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. sanguinea (F.Haage) F.Haage in L.H.Bailey ex Brandegee
- Mammillaria sanguinea F.Haage ex Regel
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. seegeri (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria seegerii Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. tepoztlanensis Bravo
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. typica Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. vulpina (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Cactus vulpinus var. Kuntze (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria vulpina var. Ehrenb. Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria virginis Fittkau & Kladiwa in Krainz
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
Synonymy: 4
- Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria pilcayensis Bravo
- Mammillaria pilcayensis var. chrysodactyla Appenz.
- Mammillaria chrysodactyla Appenz.
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997), nom. nov. (Replaced synonym: MAMMILLARIA crassior)
Synonymy: 6
- Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria crassior Repp.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Gürke
- Cactus auricomus (A.Dietr.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria auricoma A.Dietr.
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico
- Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico cristata
- Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico Monstruosa
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria spinosissima group
Mammillaria crassior Repp.: (subsp. tepoxtlana) Has very fine white yellow spines
Mammillaria cylindrica (DC.) Don: The identity of this plant is extremely vague and unreliable. Possibly a form of Mammillaria spinosissina with few but strong brown spines?
Mammillaria cylindrica f. cristata hort.: Nice crestested form with white radials and dark brownish-red central spines.
Mammillaria pilcayensis var. chrysodactyla Appenz.: Differs from M. spinosissima in its smaller more compact tubercles and finer spines. It grows quite tall in age and may need something to lean on. Distribution: Guerrero.
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.: (subsp. spinosissima) has cylindrical stems that rarely grows higher than 30 cm, dirty white spines and lacks bristles in the axils. It is very variable due to its wide area of origin. Distribution: Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma (A.Dietr.) Gürke: (subsp. tepoxtlana) Spines creamy white with pale orangiish to pinkish tips. Same as Mammillaria spinosissima ssp tepoxtlana??
Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma f. cristata hort.: (subsp. tepoxtlana) Nice crested form with creamy spines that are pale orange-pink when young.
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt: It has whiter spines, and the stems can grow up to 50 cm long/high. It might have some latex and bristles in the axils. The flowers are purple-pink. Distribution: Guerrero.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina cristata hort.: Crested form. Forms tangled brain-like cushions up to 30 (or more) cm in diameter densely spined with bright coppery red spines.
Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubrispina hort.: The “rubrispina”” selection (a.k.a "Red-headed Irishman") forms nice clumps of columns, densely spined with bright coppery red spines.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. sanguinea (F.Haage) F.Haage in L.H.Bailey ex Brandegee: has a dark green cylindrical stem and long white spines, the central spines having red tips.
- Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt: It has yellow spines.
Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico: This is a stable genetic mutation in which each areole only produces one spine, but some perfectly spineless areoles are also present.
Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico cristata: Crested form. Forms tangled brain-like cushions up to 30 (or more) cm in diameter, each areole only produces one spine.
Mammillaria spinosissima cv. Un Pico Monstruosa: Almost spineless. The monstrous form differs from the standard cv. Un Pico in having mostly spineless areoles with only few occasional spines scattered irregularly on the stem.
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