Mammillaria prolifera

Mammillaria prolifera

Mammillaria prolifera

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. Cylindricothelae
Series: M. ser. Proliferae
Species: Mammillaria prolifera
Subspecies: M. p. subsp. arachnoidea – M. p. subsp. haitiensis – M. p. subsp. prolifera – M. p. subsp. texana

Name

Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 177 (1812).

Synonyms

• Cactus griseus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
• Cactus prolifer Mill.
• Cactus pusillus DC.
• Cactus pusillus Kuntze
• Cactus stellaris Salm-Dyck
• Cactus stellatus Willd.
• Chilita prolifera (Mill.) Orcutt
• Ebnerella prolifera (Mill.) Buxb.
• Escobariopsis prolifera (Mill.) Doweld
• Mammillaria grisea Salm-Dyck
• Mammillaria pusilla Sweet
• Mammillaria pusilla f. major (Pfeiff.) Schelle
• Mammillaria pusilla var. major Pfeiff.
• Mammillaria stellaris Haw.
• Mammillaria stellata (Willd.) Sweet
• Neomammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Britton & Rose
• Cactus glomeratus Lam., Encycl. 1(1): 537. 1783 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Mammillaria glomerata DC., Prodr. 3: 459. 1828 syn. sec. Tropicos

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Haworth, A.H. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum: cum descriptionibus, synonymis, locis, observationibus anglicanis, culturaque. 334 pp. London: R. Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 177.

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 prolifera 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 prolifera 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 prolifera. Published online. Accessed: Mar 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Mammillaria prolifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Mammillaria prolifera. 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. 
• Mammillaria prolifera – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Mammillaria prolifera – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mammillaria prolifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2010-Mar-1.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Korallen-Warzenkaktus
English: Texas nipple cactus, silver cluster cactus, little candles
español: Biznaga prolifera
русский: Маммиллярия побегоносная
svenska: bärvårtkaktus

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