Mammillaria sphacelata

Mammillaria sphacelata

Mammillaria sphacelata

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. Oehmea
Species: Mammillaria sphacelata
Subspecies: M. s. subsp. sphacelata – M. s. subsp. viperina

Name

Mammillaria sphacelata Mart., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 339, t. 25, fig. 1 (1832).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cactus sphacelatus (Mart.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891).
  • Chilita sphacelata (Mart.) Orcutt, Cactography 2 (1926).
  • Ebnerella sphacelata (Mart.) Buxb., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 90 (1951).
  • Echinocactus sphacelatus (Mart.) Poselg. in Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 107 (1853).
  • Escobariopsis sphacelata (Mart.) Doweld, Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 41 (2000).
  • Leptocladia sphacelata (Mart.) Buxb. in Krainz, Kakteen, Lief. 20: C VIIIc (1962).
  • Leptocladodia sphacelata (Mart.) Buxb. in Krainz, Kakteen, Lief. 20: C VIIIc (1962).
  • Neomammillaria sphacelata (Mart.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 138 (1923).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Mammillaria sphacelata Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, 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 (1832) Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 339, t. 25, fig. 1.

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 sphacelata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 22. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Mammillaria sphacelata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Mammillaria sphacelata. Published online. Accessed: Mar 24 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mammillaria sphacelata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Mammillaria sphacelata. 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 24. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mammillaria sphacelata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

español: biznaga gangrenada

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