Mammillaria senilis

Mammillaria senilis
Mammillaria senilis

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. Dolichothele
Sectio: M. sect. Mammillopsis
Species: Mammillaria senilis

Name edit

Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck (1849): 8, 82 (1850).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Cactus senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891).
    • Cochemiea senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt, Circular to Cactus Fanciers 1 (1922).
    • Mamillopsis senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 805 (1898), nom. inval.
    • Mamillopsis senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 19 (1923).
  • Heterotypic
    • Mammillaria diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton, Standard. Pl. Names, ed. 2, 74 (1942).
    • Mammillaria hasseloffii Ehrenb., Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 17: 303 (1849), nom. inval.
    • Mammillaria hasseloffii Ehrenb. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2, 1849: 8 (1850).
    • Mammillaria senilis var. diguetii F.A.C.Weber, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2, 1849: 8, 82 (1850); Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 10: 383 (1904).
    • Mammillaria senilis var. hasseloffii (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2, 1849: 8 (1850).
    • Mamillopsis diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 20 (1923).
    • Mamillopsis senilis var. albiflorus hort.
    • Mammillaria linkei Ehrenb. ex Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 8. 1850.

Distribution edit

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

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

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Vernacular names edit

español: biznaga cabeza de viejito, cabeza de vieja, peyote de San Pedro
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