Biology:Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Mammillaria |
| Species: | M. muehlenpfordtii
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Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae.[2]
Description
Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii is a succulent plant that grows rapidly and forms large clusters. It has gray-green cone-shaped warts covered in drooping bristles and features 30–50 white to whitish-yellow marginal spines, each 4 mm long, crowned with 2 to 6 upright central spines. These central spines vary in color from yellowish to brown and gray, ranging from 2 to 40 mm in length. The plant produces carmine red flowers in a wreath-like arrangement, each reaching a size of 1.5 cm in diameter. Its long fruits are bright red, and its seeds are brown.[3]
Flowers
Fruits
Plants growing in clumps
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Distribution
The plant is native to the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Querétaro, and San Luis Potosí, Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii grows at elevations of 1700 to 2400 meters.
Plant growing habitat in San Luis de la Paz, Mexico
Plant growing habitat in between crevices in San Luis de la Paz
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Taxonomy
Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii was first described in 1847 by Carl Friedrich Förster, the plant's specific epithet, muehlenpfordtii, honors the German physician and botanist Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt from Hanover.[4] Nomenclature synonyms include Cactus muehlenpfordtii (C.F.Först.) Kuntze (1891) and Neomammillaria muehlenpfordtii (C.F.Först.) Y.Itô (1981).
References
- ↑ Group), Succulent Plants Specialist; Group), Succulent Plants Specialist (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151832/121510063. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ↑ "Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii C.F.Först. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:151304-2.
- ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Barthlott, Wilhelm; Eggli, Urs; Brown, Roger (2011) (in de). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 397–398. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
- ↑ Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1847). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15255707.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1285688 entry
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