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Mammillaria parkinsonii var. cadereytensis (R.T.Craig) Rogoz. & Plein
Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillaria 26(1): 15. 2002 et in J. Mammillaria Soc. 43(2): 19. 2003 [May 2003]
Family: CACTACEAE

= Mammillaria cadereytensis R.T.Craig
Mammill. Handbook 305 (fig. 276). 1945 R.T.Craig

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria parkinsonii Ehrenb.
Linnaea 14: 375. 1840

Mammillaria parkinsonii var. cadereytensis (Mammillaria cadereytensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Its symmetrical globose body is largely obscured by the fairly numerous interlacing white radial spines and wool, against which the reddish centrals stand out. After several years the old plants divide at their apex, ramifying dichotomously.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria parkinsonii Ehrenb.
Linnaea 14: 375. 1840
Synonymy: 19 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria parkinsonii var. dealbata Frič
Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 122. Nomen nudum (?)

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Owl's-eye Pincushion, Owl's-eye, Owl-eye cactus
FRENCH (Français): Yeux-de-hibou
SPANISH (Español): Cabeza blanca

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