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Mammillaria ignota Repp. non Lawr.
Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens 1988 126 (1989). (Replaced synonym of:Cactaceae Mammillaria albilanata subsp. oaxacana D.R.Hunt 1997)
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9 (1997), nom. nov. (Replaced synonym:Cactaceae Mammillaria ignota Repp.)

Mammillaria ignota (Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria albilanata Backeb.
Kakteenkunde 1939: 47, fig. as Mamillaria
Synonymy: 9 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9 (1997), nom. nov. (Replaced synonym:Cactaceae Mammillaria ignota Repp.)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria albilanata subs. reppenhagenii (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9 (1997)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria albilanata subs. tegelbergiana (H.E.Gates ex G.E.Linds.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9 (1997)
Synonymy: 2
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Cabeza blanca

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria albilanata group

  • Mammillaria albilanata Backeb.: (ssp. albilanata) has deep carmine flowers, 15-20 radial spines. Distribution: Guerrero.
  • Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana D.R.Hunt: has 20-22(-27) white radial spines to 4 mm long. 1-4(-6) radials 4-7 mm long, glassy white with short brown tips. Distribution: Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • Mammillaria albilanata subs. reppenhagenii (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt: has carmine flowers with lighter margins, 19-26 radials. Distribution: Colima.
  • Mammillaria albilanata subs. tegelbergiana (H.E.Gates ex G.E.Linds.) D.R.Hunt: has purplish pink flowers, 18-24 radials. Distribution: Chiapas.
  • Mammillaria noureddineana Repp.: stem globose to cylindrical, apex covered with white wool and spines. Radial spine: 15-20, central spine: 4 -6 glassy white with brownish tip. Flowers carmine. Distribution: Oaxaca, between San Pablo villa de Mitla and Ayutla. Altitude 1900 - 2000 m.

12157 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria ignota (Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
12158 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria ignota (Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Mammillaria ignota (Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana) Photo by: Cactus Art
12159 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria ignota (Mammillaria albilanata subs. oaxacana) Photo by: Cactus Art


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