Mammillaria gigantea

Mammillaria gigantea

Mammillaria gigantea

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

Primary references

• Hildmann, H. ex Schumann, K.M. 1898. Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen 578, as Mamillaria

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 gigantea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mammillaria gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mammillaria gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Mar 17 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mammillaria gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Mammillaria gigantea. 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 17. Reference page. 
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2016. Mammillaria gigantea in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2016 Apr 06.

Vernacular names

العربية: ضرعاء عملاقة

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