Cactus texanus

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Since 4 Aug 2013

Cactus texanus (Engelm.) Small
Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 812, 1335. 1903 [22 Jul 1903]
Family: CACTACEAE

= Mammillaria prolifera subs. texana (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 6 1997.

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria prolifera subs. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003) Remarks: first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 152 (May 2003), without basionym reference

Synonyms:

Mammillaria prolifera subs. texana (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt

Cactus stellatus var. texanus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Cactus texanus (Engelm.) Small
Escobariopsis prolifera subs. texana (Engelm.) Doweld
Mammillaria multiceps var. texana (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
Mammillaria prolifera var. texana (Engelm.) Borg
Mammillaria prolifera f. texana (Engelm.) Krainz
Mammillaria pusilla var. texana Engelm.
Mammillaria pusilla f. texana (Engelm.) Schelle
Mammillaria texana (Engelm.) Poselg.
Neomammillaria prolifera var. texana (Engelm.) Y.Itô

See all synonyms of Mammillaria prolifera

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 177 (1812)
Synonymy: 19

Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw.

Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer Aiton
Cactus proliferus Mill.
Cactus stellatus Willd.
Chilita prolifera (Mill.) Orcutt
Ebnerella prolifera (Mill.) Buxb.
Escobariopsis prolifera (Mill.) Doweld
Neomammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Britton & Rose

Mammillaria glomerata (Lamarck) DC.

Cactus glomeratus Lamarck

Mammillaria prolifera f. cristata hort.
Mammillaria pusilla (DC.) Sweet

Cactus pusillus DC.
Cactus pusillus Kuntze

Mammillaria pusilla var. major Pfeiff.

Mammillaria pusilla f. major (Pfeiff.) Schelle

Mammillaria stellaris Haw.
Mammillaria stellata Haw. in Till.

Cactus haworthianus Kuntze

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. arachnoidea (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 6 1997.
Synonymy: 3

Mammillaria prolifera subs. arachnoidea (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt

Escobariopsis prolifera subs. arachnoidea (D.R.Hunt) Doweld
Mammillaria prolifera var. arachnoidea D.R.Hunt

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. haitiensis (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6. 1997
Synonymy: 6

Mammillaria prolifera subs. haitiensis (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt

Escobariopsis prolifera subs. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Doweld
Mammillaria prolifera var. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Borg
Mammillaria prolifera f. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Krainz
Mammillaria pusilla var. haitiensis K.Schum. in Gürke
Neomammillaria prolifera var. haitiensis (K.Schum.) Y.Itô

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003) Remarks: first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 152 (May 2003), without basionym reference
Synonymy: 25

Mammillaria prolifera subs. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán

Cactus multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
Chilita multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Orcutt
Ebnerella multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Buxb.
Mammillaria multiceps Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria prolifera var. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Borg in Borg
Mammillaria pusilla f. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Schelle
Neomammillaria multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria prolifera var. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô

Mammillaria multiceps var. elongata Meinsh.
Mammillaria multiceps var. grisea Meinsh.
Mammillaria multiceps var. humilis Meinsh.
Mammillaria multiceps var. perpusilla Meinsh.
Mammillaria prolifera var. perpusilla (Meinsh.) B.Hofmann
Mammillaria prolifera subs. texana (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt

Cactus stellatus var. texanus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Cactus texanus (Engelm.) Small
Escobariopsis prolifera subs. texana (Engelm.) Doweld
Mammillaria multiceps var. texana (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
Mammillaria prolifera var. texana (Engelm.) Borg
Mammillaria prolifera f. texana (Engelm.) Krainz
Mammillaria pusilla var. texana Engelm.
Mammillaria pusilla f. texana (Engelm.) Schelle
Mammillaria texana (Engelm.) Poselg.
Neomammillaria prolifera var. texana (Engelm.) Y.Itô

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. zublerae (Repp.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 (1997)
Synonymy: 4

Mammillaria prolifera subs. zublerae (Repp.) D.R.Hunt

Escobariopsis prolifera subs. zublerae (Repp.) Doweld
Mammillaria zublerae Repp.

Mammillaria cielensis Mart.-Aval., Golubov, S.Arias & Villarreal

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Texas Nipple Cactus, Hair-covered Cactus, Grape Cactus

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

Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw.: (subsp. prolifera) has stems 6-7 cm in diameter, cream to pinkish yellow flowers and yellow spines. Distribution: throughout much of the Caribbean.
Mammillaria prolifera subs. arachnoidea (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt: has slender, fine central spines and quite narrow funnelform flowers. Distribution: Tamaulipas and Hidalgo.
Mammillaria prolifera f. cristata hort.: Crested form.
Mammillaria prolifera subs. haitiensis (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt: has stems to 7 cm in diameter, cream-white-yellow flowers and more spines than the type species, giving it a more whitish appearance. Distribution: endemic of Hispaniola.
Mammillaria prolifera subs. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán: has white and brown spines. Distribution: USA (Texas) and northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi).
Mammillaria prolifera subs. texana (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: has whitish or else translucent, honey-yellow spines and dirty yellow,pinkish or almost tan flowers(same as subsp. multiceps?). Distribution: Southern Texas along the Rio Grande river.
Mammillaria prolifera subs. zublerae (Repp.) D.R.Hunt

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose “Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family” vol. 4 The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1923
2) Goettsch, B.K., Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. & Terry, M. 2013. Mammillaria prolifera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 April 2015.
3) Ulises Guzmán, Salvador Arias, Patricia Dávila “Catálogo de cactáceas mexicanas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México” Mexiko-Stadt 2003
4) John Pilbeam “Mammillaria The Cactus File Handbook” Cirio Pub. Services, 01/December/1999
5) Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
6) James Cullen, Sabina G. Knees, H. Suzanne Cubey "The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass" Cambridge University Press, 11/August /2011
7) David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. "The New Cactus Lexicon" dh books, 2006
8) J. H. Everitt, Dale Lynn Drawe, Robert I. Lonard “Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas” Texas Tech University Press, 2002
9) Del Weniger “Cacti of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana” University of Texas Press, 1969

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