Mammillaria carnea

Mammillaria carnea
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Mammillaria
Species:	M. carnea
Binomial name
	Mammillaria carnea; Zucc, Pfeiff, 1837
Synonyms
	Cactus carneus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze 1891; Mammillaria villifera var. carnea (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck 1850; Neomammillaria carnea (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose 1923; Cactus aeruginosus (Scheidw.) Kuntze 1891; Cactus pallescens (Scheidw.) Kuntze 1891; Cactus subtetragonus (A.Dietr.) Kuntze 1891; Cactus villifer (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze 1891; Mammillaria aeruginosa Scheidw. 1840; Mammillaria carnea var. aeruginosa (Scheidw.) Gürke 1905; Mammillaria carnea var. cirrosa (Salm-Dyck) Gürke 1905; Mammillaria carnea var. robustispina R.T.Craig 1945; Mammillaria carnea var. subtetragona (A.Dietr.) Backeb. 1961; Mammillaria carnea var. villifera (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Gürke 1905; Mammillaria pallescens Scheidw. 1841; Mammillaria subtetragona A.Dietr. 1840; Mammillaria villifera Otto ex Pfeiff. 1837; Mammillaria villifera var. aeruginosa (Scheidw.) Salm-Dyck 1850; Mammillaria villifera var. cirrosa Salm-Dyck 1850; Neomammillaria carnea var. cirrosa (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô 1981; Neomammillaria villifera (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose 1923;

Mammillaria carnea is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae.^[2]^[3]

Description

Mammillaria carnea grows solitary and in clusters up to 20 centimeters tall and 8 to 12 centimeters in diameter, transitioning from spherical to cylindrical in shape. The plant has firm, angular warts that contain milky sap. It features four stiff, pink-brown central spines with black tips, measuring 0.8 to 2 centimeters long. Radial spines are either absent or appear as bristles.

The plant produces funnel-shaped, light pink flowers that are 1.5 to 2 centimeters long and 1.2 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. Its red fruits contain brown seeds.^[4]

Distribution

Mammillaria carnea is native to the Mexican states of Guerrero, Puebla, and Oaxaca growing on plains and slopes of the deciduous forest at elevations of 500 to 2000 meters.^[5]

Plants near Calipan, Puebla
Plants growing near Zapotitlan De Las Salinas, Puebla
Plants growing near Tomellin, Oaxaca

Taxonomy

First described in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer, the specific epithet "carnea" means 'flesh-colored.'^[6]

References

^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
^ Torres-Cortés, G.; Millán, V.; Fernández-González, A. J.; Aguirre-Garrido, J. F.; Ramírez-Saad, H. C.; Fernández-López, M.; Toro, N.; Martínez-Abarca, F. (2012-08-01). "Bacterial community in the rhizosphere of the cactus species Mammillaria carnea during dry and rainy seasons assessed by deep sequencing". Plant and Soil. 357 (1): 275–288. doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1152-4. ISSN 1573-5036.
^ "Mammillaria carnea Zucc. ex Pfeiff. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
^ Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 374. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.
^ "Mammillaria carnea". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.

External links

Media related to Mammillaria carnea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Mammillaria carnea at Wikispecies

[e752-1] "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

[2] Torres-Cortés, G.; Millán, V.; Fernández-González, A. J.; Aguirre-Garrido, J. F.; Ramírez-Saad, H. C.; Fernández-López, M.; Toro, N.; Martínez-Abarca, F. (2012-08-01). "Bacterial community in the rhizosphere of the cactus species Mammillaria carnea during dry and rainy seasons assessed by deep sequencing". Plant and Soil. 357 (1): 275–288. doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1152-4. ISSN 1573-5036.

[3] "Mammillaria carnea Zucc. ex Pfeiff. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-04-27.

[y0011-4] Anderson, Edward F. (2011). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 374. ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2.

[e531-5] "Mammillaria carnea". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

[w170-6] Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.

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