Mammillaria tolimensis var. longispina

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Mammillaria tolimensis var. longispina R.T.Craig
Mammill. Handbook 319, fig. 292. 1945
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria compressa DC.
Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. xvii. (1828) 112.

Origin and Habitat: Querétaro (Mexico, Northern America)

Synonyms:

Mammillaria tolimensis var. longispina R.T.Craig

See all synonyms of Mammillaria compressa

Description: Mammillaria tolimensisSN|11904]]SN|11904]] longispina (Mexico: Queretaro); flattened globe to 10 cm wide, dark green, with dense knobs tipped with greyish radial spines and sets of vicious angular grey central spines curved downward and to 6 cm long; the areoles white-woolly at apex; flowers reddish.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Alfred Byrd Graf “Exotica, series 4 international: pictorial cyclopedia of exotic plants from tropical and near-tropic regions” Roehrs Co. Publishers, 1982

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