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Neomammillaria x magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Y.Itô
Cactaceae [Itô] 570, without basionym ref. 1981
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 (1997)

Neomammillaria х magallanii (Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 261. 1856 Syn. Cact. 5
Synonymy: 22 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 7: 3 (1998)
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. hyalina D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 (1997), nom. nov. (replaced synonym:Cactaceae Mammillaria wohlschlageri Repp. 1989)

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 (1997)
Synonymy: 10
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria lasiacantha group

  • Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm.: Single or forming Small clusters of 2 or 3 heads. Stems are spherical usually less than 5 cm in diameter. They usually have soft glabrous spines, but in some populations all plants may retain plumose spines at maturity.
  • Mammillaria lasiacantha var. denudata Engelm.: has always glabrous spines. For all other characteristics it is comparable to the standard Mammillaria lasiacantha. Distribution: Big Bend National Park (Brewster County), Texas.
  • Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) D.R.Hunt: It forms small snow-white ball, usually unbranched, deep-seated in substrate and inconspicuous that become somewhat cylindrical with age up to 5 cm in diameter × 2-7 cm tall.
  • Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. egregia f. cristata hort.: crested form. It will slowly forms white tangled groups up to 10 cm in diameter.
  • Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. hyalina D.R.Hunt
  • Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt: Small usually solitary slow growing species with short white spines. Stems globose to club shaped, green, up to 6 cm tall and 4.5 cm in diameter. Distribution: Coahuila and Durango.
  • Mammillaria lasiacantha f. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Hoeve: Small plants with a flat fuzzy stem and creamy flowers blooming abundantly in late winter-to early spring. Radial spiness 26-36, glassy white, brown tipped, 2 - 6 mm long.
  • Mammillaria magallani var. hamatispina Backeb.: 50-70 creamy-yellowish radial spines with one hooked darker central spine.
  • Mammillaria neobertrandiana Backeb.: Nice pink spines, the small winter flowers are pale pink with a pink/brown midstripe. Distribution: Lerdo, Durango.
  • Mammillaria roemeri Wolfg.Krüger & W.Rischer: It is a neotonic (juvenile form which remains so) form of Mammillaria lasiacantha. The flower position and its later flowering distinguish it, as well as the spination. It looks different, but clearly related.
  • Mammillaria roseocentra Boed. & F.Ritter: radial spines numerous, in two rows, short, especially the inside one, initially beautiful pink, at the apex almost red: Distribution: Durango and Lerdo, Mexico
  • Mammillaria sp. f. cristata SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico: is a tiny crest form that may retain plumose spines at maturity.It slowly forms tangled groups up to 20 cm in diameter.
  • Mammillaria sp. SB500 Cuatrocienagas, Coahuila, Mexico hort., S.Brack: (M. lasiacantha) Feathery form with tiny stems that resemble golf balls.

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Neomammillaria х magallanii (Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Neomammillaria х magallanii (Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Neomammillaria х magallanii (Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Neomammillaria х magallanii (Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii) Photo by: Cactus Art

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SB143 (Collector Steven Brack, USA) Cerro Bola, Coahuila, Mexico (Mammillaria lasiacantha subs. magallanii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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