Mammillaria elegans

Mammillaria elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Mammillaria
Species:	M. elegans
Binomial name
	Mammillaria elegans; DC., 1828
Synonyms
	Cactus elegans (DC.) Kuntze, 1891; Neomammillaria elegans (DC.) Britton & Rose;

Mammillaria elegans is a species of cacti in the tribe Cacteae. It is native to Mexico. Mammillaria elegans A.P. de Candolle 1828. is a 'nomen confusum' (confused name) also applied to Mammillaria haageana subsp. elegans and refers both to Mammillaria geminispina with latex in the stem (subgenus Mammillaria section Hydrochylus series supertextae ) and to Mammillaria haageana, without latex in the stem (subgenus Mammillaria, section Galactophylous, series Leucocephale) Habit: Solitary, seldom branching cactus.

Names brought to synonymy:

Mammillaria elegans var. supertexta (Mart.) Schelle, 1907^[3] or Mammillaria elegans var. lanata (Britton & Rose) B.Hofmann, 1986,^[4] synonyms for Mammillaria supertexta

References edit

^ Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, volume 17, page 11, 1828
^ Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260, 1891
^ Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 261, 1907
^ B.Hofmann, Inform.-Brief ZAG Mammillaria 1985, page 25, 1986

External links edit

Mammillaria elegans at Tropicos

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[1] Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, volume 17, page 11, 1828

[2] Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260, 1891

[3] Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 261, 1907

[4] B.Hofmann, Inform.-Brief ZAG Mammillaria 1985, page 25, 1986

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