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Mammillaria diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
J. Mammillaria Soc. 11(5): 59 (1971) [ et: H.P.Kelsey & Dayton - Standard. Pl. Names, ed. 2. 74. 1942 ]
Family: CACTACEAE

= Mammillaria senilis var. diguetii F.A.C.Weber
Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 383. 1904

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) 8, 82 (1850); et: K. Schum. Gesamtbeschreib. Kakt. 511 (1898).

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) 8, 82 (1850); et: K. Schum. Gesamtbeschreib. Kakt. 511 (1898).
Synonymy: 9
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria senilis group

  • Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck: looks like a cotton ball with small but deadly sharp, glistening hooked white spines and many white radials. The flowers are large red and very showy. Distribution: Chihuahua, Jalisco and Sinaloa.
  • Mammillaria senilis var. albiflora hort.: differs from the type only for the colour of the flowers, which are white instead of red, they are very showy too.
  • Mammillaria senilis var. diguetii F.A.C.Weber

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