Mammillaria durispina

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Mammillaria durispina Boed.
Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 342 342 1928
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 7 1997

Mammillaria durispina (Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina) Photo by: Carolina González

Origin and Habitat: Guanajuato and Queretaro, Mexico.
Altitude range: 2.000 - 2350 metres above sea level.
Habitat and Ecology: The species grows among quite dense vegetation often in semishade. Accompanying succulent species can be: Echinocactus horizonthaloniusSN|1711]]SN|1711]], Ferocactus histrixSN|4259]]SN|4300]], Ferocactus latispinusSN|4300]]SN|4259]], Mammillaria uncinataSN|14267]]SN|14267]], Coryphantha erectaSN|3941]]SN|3941]], Myrtillocactus geometrizansSN|8050]]SN|8050]], Opuntia robusta, Opuntia imbricataSN|19939]]SN|8157]], Opuntia cantabrigiensisSN|8157]]SN|19939]], Opuntia streptacantha, and Agave feroxSN|27903]]SN|27903]].

Synonyms:

Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt

Mammillaria durispina Boed.
Neomammillaria durispina (Boed.) Y.Itô

See all synonyms of Mammillaria polythele

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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

Mammillaria polythele Mart.

Cactus polythele (Mart.) Kuntze
Neomammillaria polythele (Mart.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria crocidata Lem.
Mammillaria dolichocentra Lem.

Cactus dolichocentrus (Lem.) Kuntze
Neomammillaria dolichocentra (Lem.) Tiegel

Mammillaria galeottii Scheidw.

Mammillaria dolichocentra var. galeottii (Scheidw.) Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria obconella var. galeottii (Scheidw.) Backeb.
Mammillaria obscura var. galeottii (Scheidw.) Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria tetracantha var. galeottii (Scheidw.) Borg
Neomammillaria galeottii (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria hidalgensis J.A.Purpus

Neomammillaria hidalgensis (J.A.Purpus) Y.Itô

Mammillaria hoffmanniana (Tiegel) Bravo

Neomammillaria hoffmanniana Tiegel

Mammillaria kewensis Salm-Dyck

Neomammillaria kewensis (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria neophaeacantha Fritz Schwarz
Mammillaria tetracantha Salm-Dyck

Cactus tetracanthus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
Neomammillaria tetracantha (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria xochipilli Repp.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 7 1997
Synonymy: 6

Mammillaria polythele subs. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt

Mammillaria durispina Boed.
Neomammillaria durispina (Boed.) Y.Itô

Mammillaria kelleriana F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig
Mammillaria subdurispina Fritz Schwarz

Neomammillaria subdurispina (Backeb.) Y.Itô

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria polythele subs. obconella (Scheidw.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 7 1997
Synonymy: 5

Mammillaria polythele subs. obconella (Scheidw.) D.R.Hunt

Cactus obconella (Scheidw.) Kuntze
Mammillaria obconella Scheidw.
Neomammillaria obconella (Scheidw.) Y.Itô

Mammillaria ingens Backeb.

Cultivars (1):

Mammillaria polythele cv. Stachellos hort.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Pin-cushion

Description: Mammillaria polytheleSN|20666]]SN|20666]] ssp durispina Plants solitary.
Stem: Subglobose or shortly columnar, blue green, seldom more than about 20 cm high, usually 5-6 cm in diameter.
Tubercles: Prominent, globular conical with latex. Axil woolly at first, later naked. Usually in 8-13 series (but also in 21-34).
Radial spines: 6-8 radiating spines that vary in length to 15 mm long, pale to dark brown, occasionally reddish brown.
Central spines: Absent.
Flower: Carmine, to 15 mm long.
Fruit:: Club shaped, red.
Seed: Dark brown.

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.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Sánchez , E., Bárcenas Luna, R. & Guadalupe Martínez, J. 2013. Mammillaria polythele. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 May 2015.
2) Mammillaria polythele in: Bradleya 4: 52 1986
3) David Hunt, Nigel Taylor “The New Cactus Lexicon” DH Books, 2006
4) John Pilbeam (1999) “Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook” Nuffield Press.
5) Edward F. Anderson “The Cactus Family” Timber Press, 2001
6) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey “The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass”Cambridge University Press, 11/August/2011

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