Mammillaria gigantea

Mammillaria gigantea
Mammillaria gigantea

Taxonavigation edit

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. Mammillaria
Series: M. ser. Mammillaria
Species: Mammillaria gigantea

Name edit

Mammillaria gigantea Hildm. ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 578 (1898).

Synonyms edit

  • Neomammillaria gigantea (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 85, t. 11, f. 3. 1923 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
    • Mammillaria flavovirens var. cristata Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 118. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria flavovirens f. cristata (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 269. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Mammillaria guanajuatensis Rudge ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 578. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Mammillaria macdowellii K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 578. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Neomammillaria hamiltonhoytiae Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 2: 130. 1931 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria hamiltonhoytea (Bravo) Werderm. in Backeberg, Neue Kakteen: 99. 1931 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Mammillaria hamiltonhoytiae (Bravo) Werderm. in Backeberg, Neue Kakteen: 99. 1931 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Neomammillaria hamiltonhoytea Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 2: 130. 1931 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Mammillaria gigantea subsp. hamiltonhoytiae (Bravo) Rogoz. & Plein in Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 27: 144. 2003 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Mammillaria armatissima R.T.Craig, Mammill. Handb.: 300. 1945 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Mammillaria hamiltonhoytiae var. fulvaflora R.T.Craig, Mammill. Handb.: 76. 1945 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Mammillaria ocotillensis R.T.Craig, Mammill. Handb.: 314. 1945 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Mammillaria ocotillensis var. brevispina R.T.Craig, Mammill. Handb.: 315. 1945 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Mammillaria ocotillensis var. longispina R.T.Craig, Mammill. Handb.: 315. 1945 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Mammillaria hastifera Krainz & A.Keller in Schweizer Gart. 1946: 11. 1946 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Mammillaria saint-pieana Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 8. 1963 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Mammillaria gigantea subsp. flavovirens Rogoz. & Plein in Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 27: 138. 2003 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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