Mammillaria spinosissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Mammillaria
Subgenus: M. subg. Mammillaria
Sectio: M. sect. Subquadrispinae
Series: M. ser. Polyacanthae
Species: Mammillaria spinosissima
Subspecies: M. s. subsp. pilcayensis – M. s. subsp. spinosissima – M. s. subsp. tepoxtlana

Name

Mammillaria spinosissima Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov. 1: 4 1838.

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891, nom. illeg. non Martyn (1771).
    • Neomammillaria spinosissima (Lem.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 117, figs. 124, 125, pl. 12. 1923.

References

  • Lemaire, C. (1838.) Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 4.
  • Preston-Mafham, R. & Preston-Mafham, K. (1992) Cacti the Illustrated Dictionary 128

Vernacular names

English: Spiny pincushion cactus
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