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Mammillaria bella Backeb.
Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1941, 5 (1941), sine descr. lat.; Backeb. Stachlige Wildnis, 358 (1942); cf. Backeb. in Fedde, Repert. li. 63 (1942) [as Mamillaria]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria nunezii subs. bella (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 8 1997

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria nunezii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Cactography 8 8 1926
Synonymy: 11 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria nunezii subs. bella (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 8 1997
Synonymy: 3
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria nunezii group

  • Mammillaria nunezii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt: (subsp. nunezii) It tends to cluster and has 2-9 brown central spines and magenta flowers.
  • Mammillaria nunezii subs. bella (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt: It stays usually solitary and has 4-6 white central spines with red tips. Flowers are carmine.
  • Mammillaria supraflumen Repp.: It is usually solitary, but occasionally forms offsets. It has fewer spines.

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