Mammillaria beneckei

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. Oehmea
Species: Mammillaria beneckei

Name

Mammillaria beneckei C.Ehrenb., 1844

Note

The specific epithet honors the Berlin-based trader Stephan (Etienne) Benecke (1808–1879), who emigrated to Mexico, where he was the German consul of Mexico and in 1875 founded the Camara Nacional de Comercio.

Synonyms

Cactus beneckei (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Chilita colonensis (R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Chilita nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Dolichothele aylostera (Werderm.) Backeb.
Dolichothele balsasoides (R.T.Craig) Backeb.
Dolichothele beneckei (C.Ehrenb.) Backeb.
Dolichothele nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Mammillaria aylostera Werderm.
Mammillaria balsasensis Boed.
Mammillaria balsasoides R.T.Craig
Mammillaria barkeri Shurly
Mammillaria beneckei subsp. balsasoides (R.T.Craig) Lodé
Mammillaria beneckei var. multiceps Repp.
Mammillaria colonensis R.T.Craig
Mammillaria guiengolensis Bravo & T.MacDoug.
Mammillaria nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Boed.
Neomammillaria nelsonii Britton & Rose
Oehmea beneckei (C.Ehrenb.) Buxb.
Oehmea nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Buxb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Ehrenberg, C.A. 1844. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 2: 833

Additional references

Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.
Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Mammillaria beneckei in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 16. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mammillaria beneckei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mammillaria beneckei. Published online. Accessed: Mar 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Mammillaria beneckei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Mammillaria beneckei. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 16. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Fish hook cactus

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