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Chilita wilcoxii (Toumey ex K.Schum.) Orcutt
Cactography 2. 1926
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria wrightii subs. wilcoxii (Toumey ex K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 5 (1997)

Chilita wilcoxii (Mammillaria wrightii subs. wilcoxii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria wrightii Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 262. 1856
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria wrightii subs. wilcoxii (Toumey ex K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 5 (1997)
Synonymy: 8
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Wilcox’s Pincushion, Wilcox’s Fishhook Cactus

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

  • Mammillaria meridiorosei Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.: This is one of the large-flowered Mammillarias. Blooms are pink to purple or fuchsia red. It is quite similar if not the same as Mammillaria wrightii var. wilcoxii.
  • Mammillaria wrightii Engelm.: It has large magenta to purple flowers and large grapelike fruits to nearly 25 mm in diameter. Distribution: Widespread in New Mexico as well as Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Mammillaria wrightii subs. wilcoxii (Toumey ex K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt: Similar to species except for the greater number of radial spines (14 to 22). Blooms are are vivid purple or, occasionally, white. Distribution. Southeastern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico, Chihuahua and Sonora.
  • Mammillaria wrightii var. wolfii (D.R.Hunt) Repp.: It is distinguished for its large white flowers, up to 6 cm in diameter.


16225 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Chilita wilcoxii (Mammillaria wrightii subs. wilcoxii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
16224 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Chilita wilcoxii (Mammillaria wrightii subs. wilcoxii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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