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Mammillaria goldii Glass & R.A.Foster
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 40: 149 (-151; figs.). 1968
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria saboae subs. goldii (Glass & R.A.Foster) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 5 (1997)

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria saboae Glass
Cact. Suc. Mex. 11: 55 (figs. 23-25). 1966
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria saboae subs. goldii (Glass & R.A.Foster) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 5 (1997)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria saboae subs. haudeana (A.B.Lau & K.Wagner) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 7: 3 (1998)
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria saboae subs. roczekii W.Rischer & Wolfg.Krüger
Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillaria 27(2): 50 (-51). 2003

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

  • Mammillaria saboae Glass: (ssp. saboae) grows in clumps and has 17-25 radial spines per areole. The flowers are about 4-5 cm across.
  • Mammillaria saboae subs. goldii (Glass & R.A.Foster) D.R.Hunt: grows only solitary stems and has 34-45 radial spines per areole. The flowers are about 4-5 cm across.
  • Mammillaria saboae subs. haudeana (A.B.Lau & K.Wagner) D.R.Hunt: grows larger than the former two subspecies, up to 4 cm high, about twice the size of the type,.and grows in clumps. It has 18-27 radial spines per areole, and large flowers 5-6 cm across.
  • Mammillaria saboae subs. roczekii W.Rischer & Wolfg.Krüger: The stem is larger, usually solitary (or rarely clustering from the base) with large flowers and yellow stamens. It comes from Canatlán.

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