Mammillaria polythele

Mammillaria polythele

Mammillaria polythele

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
Species: Mammillaria polythele

Name

Mammillaria polythele Mart., 1829

Synonyms

• Cactus polythele (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Neomammillaria polythele (Mart.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 88, f. 80. 1923 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
  • Mammillaria nuda DC., Prodr. 3: 460. 1828 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Cactus nudus (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria columnaris Mart. in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 330. 1832 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria quadrispina Mart. in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 329. 1832 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Mammillaria polythele var. quadrispina (Mart.) Salm-Dyck in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 271. 1843 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Cactus quadrispinus (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Mammillaria polythele f. quadrispina (Mart.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 260. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria hoffmannseggii Hoffmanns. in Preiss. Verz. ed. 7: 23. 1833 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria affinis DC., Coll. Mém. Cact. 11: t. 6. 1834 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cactus affinis (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria catafracta Mart. ex Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 155. 1834 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria hexacantha Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 344. 1834 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Cactus hexacanthus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Mammillaria setosa Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 379. 1835 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Mammillaria polythele var. setosa (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 9. 1845 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Cactus setosus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria oothele Lem., Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp.: 37. 1839 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Mammillaria ovimamma var. oothele (Lem.) Labour., Monogr. Cact.: 95. 1853 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cactus oothele (Lem.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Mammillaria ovimamma Lem., Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp.: 4. 1839 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Cactus ovimamma (Lem.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Mammillaria rhodeocentra Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 52. 1839 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Cactus rhodeocentrus (Lem.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria webbiana Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 45. 1839 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Cactus webbianus (Lem.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria longispina Rchb. ex Terscheck, Suppl. Cact. Verz.: 1. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Mammillaria dolichacantha Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 213. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria echinops Scheidw. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 209. 1846 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
• Neomammillaria echinops (Scheidw.) Fosberg in Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 56. 1931 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus niger (Ehrenb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Mammillaria nigra Ehrenb. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 287. 1849 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Mammillaria rigidispina Hildm. ex Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 112. 1893 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria hidalgensis J.A.Purpus in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 379. 1907 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Neomammillaria hidalgensis (J.A.Purpus) Y.Itô, Cactaceae: 606. 1981 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Neomammillaria hoffmanniana Tiegel in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 5: 269. 1934 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria multimamma F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 392. 1935 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Martius, C.F.P. von 1829. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 328

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 polythele in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mammillaria polythele in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mammillaria polythele. Published online. Accessed: Mar 22 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mammillaria polythele. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Mammillaria polythele. 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 22. Reference page. 

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