Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico

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Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico hort., S.Brack
Mesa Garden Seed List
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 261. 1856 Syn. Cact. 5

Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
(M. lasiacantha) This is a very small form that retains the feathery spines at maturity.

Origin and Habitat: Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico

Synonyms:

Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico hort., S.Brack

See all synonyms of Mammillaria lasiacantha

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 261. 1856 Syn. Cact. 5
Synonymy: 22

Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm.

Cactus lasiacanthus (Engelm.) Kuntze
Chilita lasiacantha (Engelm.) Orcutt
Ebnerella lasiacantha (Engelm.) Buxb.
Escobariopsis lasiacantha (Engelm.) Doweld
Neomammillaria lasiacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria lasiacantha var. denudata Engelm.

Cactus lasiacanthus var. denudatus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Chilita denudata (Engelm.) Orcutt
Ebnerella denudata (Engelm.) Buxb.
Mammillaria denudata (Engelm.) A.Berger
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. denudata (Engelm.) Schelle
Neomammillaria denudata

Mammillaria lasiacantha f. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Hoeve

Escobariopsis lasiacantha subs. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Doweld
Mammillaria wohlschlageri Repp.

Mammillaria lengdobleriana Boed.

Chilita lengdobleriana (Boed.) Buxb.

Mammillaria neobertrandiana Backeb.
Mammillaria roemeri Wolfg.Krüger & W.Rischer
Mammillaria sp. f. cristata SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico
Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico hort., S.Brack

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 7: 3 (1998)
Synonymy: 8

Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) D.R.Hunt

Escobariopsis lasiacantha subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) Doweld
Mammillaria egregia Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.
Mammillaria stella-de-tacubaya subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) Appenz. & Lizen
Mammillaria stella-de-tacubaya var. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) Rogoz. & Plein
Neomammillaria egregia (Backeb.) Y.Itô

Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia f. cristata hort.

Mammillaria egregia f. cristata

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. hyalina D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 (1997), nom. nov. (replaced synonym:Cactaceae Mammillaria wohlschlageri Repp. 1989)

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 (1997)
Synonymy: 10

Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt

Chilita х magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Ebnerella х magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Escobariopsis lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Doweld
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.
Mammillaria magallanii F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig
Neomammillaria х magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Y.Itô

Mammillaria magallani var. hamatispina Backeb.
Mammillaria roseocentra Boed. & F.Ritter

Mammillaria magallanii var. roseocentra (Boed. & F.Ritter) Lizen

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Description: Mammillaria lasiacanthaSN|9075]]SN|9075]] are usually unbranched or slowly clustering, deep-seated in substrate and inconspicuous.
Field number: SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico: Adults of Mammillaria lasiacanthaSN|9075]]SN|9075]] usually have glabrous spines, but in the SB500 population all plants may retain plumose spines at maturity, moreover the stem are very small.
Stems: Depressed-spheric to short cylindric, 1-3,5 cm wide and tall. Axils bare.
Roots: Diffuse not enlarged.
Spines: 40-80 per areole, in several series but all equally thin, mostly appressed, white or very pale pink, often minutely tipped pinkish brown, innocuous, bristlelike, 0,5-6 mm, plumose, all interpreted as radial, innermost spines shortest. No central spines.
Flowers: 1-2,5 cm tall an in diameter, white or cream, usually with sharply defined midstripes of green, yellow, tan, pink, pale purple, or reddish, blooming from January to March
Fruits: Scarlet, cylindric or clavate, 10-25 mm long with floral remnant persistent ripening in June August.

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

Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm.: Single or forming Small clusters of 2 or 3 heads. Stems are spherical usually less than 5 cm in diameter. They usually have soft glabrous spines, but in some populations all plants may retain plumose spines at maturity.
Mammillaria lasiacantha var. denudata Engelm.: has always glabrous spines. For all other characteristics it is comparable to the standard Mammillaria lasiacantha. Distribution: Big Bend National Park (Brewster County), Texas.
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) D.R.Hunt: It forms small snow-white ball, usually unbranched, deep-seated in substrate and inconspicuous that become somewhat cylindrical with age up to 5 cm in diameter × 2-7 cm tall.
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia f. cristata hort.: crested form. It will slowly forms white tangled groups up to 10 cm in diameter.
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. hyalina D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt: Small usually solitary slow growing species with short white spines. Stems globose to club shaped, green, up to 6 cm tall and 4.5 cm in diameter. Distribution: Coahuila and Durango.
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Hoeve: Small plants with a flat fuzzy stem and creamy flowers blooming abundantly in late winter-to early spring. Radial spiness 26-36, glassy white, brown tipped, 2 - 6 mm long.
Mammillaria magallani var. hamatispina Backeb.: 50-70 creamy-yellowish radial spines with one hooked darker central spine.
Mammillaria neobertrandiana Backeb.: Nice pink spines, the small winter flowers are pale pink with a pink/brown midstripe. Distribution: Lerdo, Durango.
Mammillaria roemeri Wolfg.Krüger & W.Rischer: It is a neotonic (juvenile form which remains so) form of Mammillaria lasiacantha. The flower position and its later flowering distinguish it, as well as the spination. It looks different, but clearly related.
Mammillaria roseocentra Boed. & F.Ritter: radial spines numerous, in two rows, short, especially the inside one, initially beautiful pink, at the apex almost red: Distribution: Durango and Lerdo, Mexico
Mammillaria sp. f. cristata SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico: is a tiny crest form that may retain plumose spines at maturity.It slowly forms tangled groups up to 20 cm in diameter.
Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico hort., S.Brack: (M. lasiacantha) Feathery form with tiny stems that resemble golf balls.