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Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha (A.B.Lau) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
Family: CACTACEAE

Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
This is a nice species with long yellow or brown twisted spines, hooked at the tips.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha (A.B.Lau) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria rekoi (Britton & Rose) Vaupel
Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] xxi. 633 (1925)
Synonymy: 11 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria rekoi subs. aureispina (A.B.Lau) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts ( A.B.Lau ) D.R.Hunt
Synonymy: 3
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria rekoi group

  • Mammillaria pullihamata Repp.: has central spines amber coloured, always hooked. Distribution: Portillo Nejapa, Oaxaca.
  • Mammillaria rekoi (Britton & Rose) Vaupel: Always solitary with 4 centranl spines, the lower one hooked ( or sometimes straight) and about 20 white radial spines. Distribution: whidespread in Oxaca.
  • Mammillaria rekoi subs. aureispina (A.B.Lau) D.R.Hunt: Solitary (occasionally with several stems) may reach 15 cm in height, and has 5-7 straight golden-brown central spines and 20-23 yellow radials; Distribution: north of Quiotepec and Yolox, Oaxaca.
  • Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha (A.B.Lau) D.R.Hunt: Clumping withof as many as seven stems. It has 4-6 curved and hooked central spines and 27-30 radials; Distribution: It is found between Mitla and Najapa, Oaxaca.

12032 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
21998 julio Julio C. García
Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha Photo by: Julio C. García

27664 alexander Alexander Arzberger
Mammillaria rekoi subs. leptacantha Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
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