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Cactus compressus (DC.) Kuntze
Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria compressa DC.
Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. xvii. (1828) 112.

Cactus compressus (Mammillaria compressa) Photo by: Andrea B.
Easily clustering and easily flowered it is one of the largest of all the Mammillarias. Most plants will offset readily, and huge clumps can be produced in a very few years.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria compressa DC.
Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. xvii. (1828) 112.
Synonymy: 27 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria compressa subs. centralifera (Repp.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 11 (1997)
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria compressa f. cristata

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Common Names include:
RUSSIAN (Русский): Маммиллярия плоская
SWEDISH (Svenska): Syskonvårtkaktus
UKRAINIAN (Українська): Мамілярія компреса, Мамілярія стиснута

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria compressa group

  • Mammillaria compressa DC.: (subsp. compressa) forms up to 1 m wide in a very few years. It has no central spines. Distribution: Hidalgo and Queretaro, Mexico.
  • Mammillaria compressa f. bernalensis (Repp.): has rudimentary radial spines and 3-5 central spines (usually missing in standard Mammillaria compressa). Distribution: San Pablo Toliman, Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico
  • Mammillaria compressa subs. centralifera (Repp.) D.R.Hunt: It often has solitary stems but is sometimes clumping and has 2 central spines. Distribution: Queretaro, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosi.
  • Mammillaria compressa f. cristata: It develops huge brain-shaped hemispherical mounds up to 1 m in diameter. There are several different crested clones.
  • Mammillaria compressa cv. Yokan: This strange Mammillaria makes a nice and tangled cluster of fine crests. Brownish-green or purple in full sun exposure with fine soft white spines.
  • Mammillaria tolimensis R.T.Craig: Stem up to 10 cm across, grey to yellowish green and forming suckers. Spines creamy-white to 5-6 cm long. Distribution: Santa María del Mexicano, between Bernal and Toliman, QRO, Mexico.

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Cactus compressus (Mammillaria compressa) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Ecotype from Coronel, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (Mammillaria compressa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Cactus compressus (Mammillaria compressa) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Cactus compressus (Mammillaria compressa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Cactus compressus (Mammillaria compressa) Photo by: Cactus Art
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