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Mammillaria polythele f. inermis hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos hort.
(forma inermis, sin pico)

Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Theis cultivar looks a bit like a green pine cone with few or no spines. The apex is clothed in white wool. The pinkish purple flowers come in large numbers from spring to late summer.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria polythele Mart.
Hort. Reg. Monac. (1829) 127, nomen; et in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 328, pl. 19 328 1832.
Synonymy: 24 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 7 1997
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria polythele subs. obconella (Scheidw.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 7 1997
Synonymy: 5 Cultivars (1):
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria polythele group

  • Mammillaria ingens Backeb.: has solitary stems up to 40 cm tall and 15 cm in diameter. Distribution: Biosphere Reserve of Barranca de Metztitlán, Hidalgo, Mexico.
  • Mammillaria kewensis Salm-Dyck: has 3 to 6 spine, somewhat spreading, brown with dark tips. Distribution: Querétaro, Guanajuato, Hidalgo.
  • Mammillaria polythele Mart.: (subsp. polythele) has stems 8-10 cm in diameter and only 2 spines at first, later 3-4. Distribution: Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and Queretaro.
  • Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt: has stems 5-6 cm in diameter and 6-8 radiating spines that vary in length to 15 mm. Distribution: Guanajuato and Queretaro.
  • Mammillaria polythele subs. obconella (Scheidw.) D.R.Hunt: has stems up to 15 cm in diameter and 4 unequal spines arranged like a cross c. 2 cm long, ± equal, somewhat recurved, yellowish at first, later grey. Distribution: Barranca de Venados and near Metzquititlan, Hidalgo.
  • Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos hort.: has a blue-green pinecone like, stem up to 8-10 cm in diameter, 30-40 cm tall. Tubercles Prominent, globular conical clothed in white wool with few or no spines.


26649 diegoe Diego Armentano
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Diego Armentano
12035 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

12037 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Cactus Art
26648 diegoe Diego Armentano
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Diego Armentano

27550 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
12038 cactus-art Cactus Art
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Cactus Art

12036 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
12039 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria polythele f. inermis (Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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