Mammillaria pottsii

Mammillaria pottsii

Mammillaria pottsii

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. Dolichothele
Sectio: M. sect. Stelligerae
Series: M. ser. Leptocladodae
Species: Mammillaria pottsii

Name

Mammillaria pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck, (1850)

Synonyms

• Cactus pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
• Chilita pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt
• Coryphantha pottsiana (Poselg.) A.D.Zimmerman
• Echinocactus pottsianus Poselg.
• Krainzia pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Doweld
• Leptocladia leona (Poselg.) Buxb.
• Mammillaria leona Poselg.
• Mammillaria pottsii var. gigas Repp.
• Mammillaria pottsii var. multicaulis Repp.
• Neomammillaria pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Regional: South Central U.S.A. Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scheer, F. 1950. Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae. Anno 1849: 104

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 pottsii 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 pottsii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mammillaria pottsii. Published online. Accessed: Mar 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mammillaria pottsii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Mammillaria pottsii. 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 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: rat-tail nipple cactus, fox-tail cactus
español: Biznaga de Potts

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