Mammillaria applanata

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Mammillaria applanata Engelm.
Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 198. 1850
Family: CACTACEAE

= Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata (Engelm.) Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 263. 1856 as Mamillaria

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria heyderi subs. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)

Mammillaria applanata (Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
As the name indicates "applanata" means "flattened" this is a plant of small height, a fairly rare trait in cacti of this genus for most Mammillarias.

Origin and Habitat: Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma USA; Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Durango, Sonora, San Luis Potosi and Veracruz, Mexico. (the var. applanata is restricted to central and southern Texas)
Habitat: Chihuahuan desert scrub, Tamaulipan thorn scrub, and Edwards Plateau, usually limestone and alluvial substrates; 10-2000 m;

Synonyms:

Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata (Engelm.) Engelm.

Mammillaria applanata Engelm.
Mammillaria gummifera var. applanta (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria heyderi f. applanata (Engelm.) Schelle
Neomammillaria applanata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 16: 20. 1848
Synonymy: 10

Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

Cactus heyderi (Muehlenpf.) Kuntze
Neomammillaria heyderi Britton & Rose

Mammillaria heyderi var. bullingtonia Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.
Mammillaria heyderi var. waltheri (Boed.) Mottram

Mammillaria hemisphaerica var. waltheri (Boed.) R.T.Craig
Mammillaria waltheri Boed.

Mammillaria parrasensis Repp.
Mammillaria sororia Meinsh.

Cactus sororius (Meisn.) Kuntze

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gaumeri (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 1997
Synonymy: 3

Mammillaria heyderi subs. gaumeri (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt

Mammillaria gaumeri (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Neomammillaria gaumeri Britton & Rose

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gummifera (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 5

Mammillaria heyderi subs. gummifera (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt

Cactus gummifer (Engelm.) Kuntze
Mammillaria gummifera Engelm. in Wisliz.
Mammillaria heyderi var. gummifera (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Neomammillaria gummifera Britton & Rose

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 13

Mammillaria heyderi subs. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt

Cactus hemisphaericus (Engelm.) Small
Cactus heyderi var. hemisphaericus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Mammillaria gummifera var. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria hemisphaerica Engelm.
Mammillaria heyderi var. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) Engelm.
Mammillaria heyderi f. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) Schelle
Neomammillaria hemisphaerica (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata (Engelm.) Engelm.

Mammillaria applanata Engelm.
Mammillaria gummifera var. applanta (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria heyderi f. applanata (Engelm.) Schelle
Neomammillaria applanata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 5

Mammillaria heyderi subs. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) D.R.Hunt

Mammillaria gummifera var. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria heyderi var. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria macdougalii Rose in L.H.Bailey
Neomammillaria macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) Britton & Rose

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 7

Mammillaria heyderi subs. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt

Cactus meiacanthus (Engelm.) Kuntze
Mammillaria gummifera var. meiacantha (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria heyderi var. meiacantha (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Mammillaria meiacantha Engelm.
Mammillaria melanocentra var. meiacantha (Engelm.) R.T.Craig
Neomammillaria meiacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Description: It is a low growing solitary plant and one of the most cold hardy of the Mammillaria. Of the related taxon belonging to Mammillaria heyderiSN|20814]]SN|20805]] complex the Mammillaria applanataSN|20805]]SN|20814]] is often the flattest but otherwise very similar to the other species and may probably repesent only a race of the same species.
Stem: Much flattened to globose, green to dark green, more than 10 cm in diameter and only 2.5 to 5 cm tall with a depressed crown covered with white wool. With latex.
Tubercles: 9-20 × 3-7 mm, elongated pyramidal or conical, ± flattened andangular. Their axil is naked or slightly woolly at first.
Areoles: Young areoles very woolly.
Radial spines: Approx 10 to 20 per areole, widely spreading, bristly, needlelike, whitish to pale bron, lower ones darker than the upper, 5 to 12 mm long.
Central spines: 1 stronger, porrect, erect coloured brown with a black tip.
Blooming season: Flowers, appears in April-May
Flowers: About 2 cm long and up to 3.5 cm broad, cream to pinkish on the inside with greenish or brownish midveins. Outer perianth segment greenish, lanceolate, accuminate, margin not ciliate. Flower buds pointed greenish. Filaments whitish, sorter than the style, Stigma lobes greenish.
Fruits: Red, nacke, more than 3 cm long maturing in Augus-March.often requires a full year to mature.
Seeds: Brownish-red.

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

Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.: It has 1 central spine and 15-22 radial spines; Flowers are cream coloured with brownish-greenish mid-veins.
Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata (Engelm.) Engelm.: It is often the flattest but otherwise very similar to the The ssp. heyderi and may probably repesent only a race of the same species.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gaumeri (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt: It has one central spine and 10-12 radial spines; Flowers are plain creamy-white.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gummifera (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: It has 1-2 central spines and 10-12 radial spines: Flowers are reddish-white with darker midviens.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: It has 1 central spine and 9-13 radial spines; Flowers are Cream-colored to dusty pink.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) D.R.Hunt: It has 1-2 central spines which are stouter and 10-12 radials spines; Flowers are cream-colored to pale yellow.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: It has one to none central spines and 5-9 radial spines; Flowers are pink or white with pink mid-viens.

Mammillaria applanata (Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Mammillaria applanata (Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Mammillaria applanata (Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Cultivation and Propagation: This is an easy to grow species, don't requires any special treatment, but need as much light as possible without burning the plant to encourage the heaviest spine formation. Needs a very good drainage with regular water in summer, dry in winter. Avoid any frost.
Propagation: Seeds, offsets (Allow cut surface to callous over before planting)

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