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Cactus geminispinus (Haw.) Kuntze
Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] Remarks: nom. nov. for Mammillaria geminispina Haw. non DC.
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. . lxiii. (1824) 42. ( Replaced synonym of: Neomammillaria neoelegans Y.Itô 1981 )

Cactus geminispinus (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Amante Darmanin
Growing habit at Metztitlan, Hidalgo, Mexico. This Mammillaria gets only better looking with age. It will continue to put on more and more heads, as well as more white cotton topping. The heads form mounds that seem stacked on top of each other.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. . lxiii. (1824) 42. ( Replaced synonym of: Neomammillaria neoelegans Y.Itô 1981 )
Synonymy: 17 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina subs. leucocentra (A.Berg) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis f. cristata

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Whitey, Twin Spined Cactus, White Cactus
RUSSIAN (Русский): Маммиллярия парноколючковая
SPANISH (Español): Cabeza blanca
UKRAINIAN (Українська): Мамілярія гемініспіна, Мамілярія парноколючкова

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



12193 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cactus geminispinus (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Cactus Art
18919 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus geminispinus (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

12194 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cactus geminispinus (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Cactus Art
28913 amante Amante Darmanin
Mammillaria geminispina, in habitat at Metztitlan, Hidalgo. (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Amante Darmanin

12192 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus geminispinus (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
28911 amante Amante Darmanin
Mammillaria geminispina, in habitat at Metztitlan, Hidalgo. (Mammillaria geminispina) Photo by: Amante Darmanin


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