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Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze
Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.
Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 4. 1838 Lem.

Cactus spinosissimus (Mammillaria spinosissima) Photo by: Diego Armentano

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.
Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc. 4. 1838
Synonymy: 70 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria spinosissima subs. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997), nom. nov. (Replaced synonym: MAMMILLARIA crassior)
Synonymy: 6 Cultivars (3):
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Common Names include:
RUSSIAN (Русский): Маммиллярия колючейшая
SWEDISH (Svenska): Nålvårtkaktus

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


28272 carolina Carolina González
Cactus spinosissimus (Mammillaria spinosissima) Photo by: Carolina González
11971 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus spinosissimus (Mammillaria spinosissima) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

23875 carolina Carolina González
Cactus spinosissimus (Mammillaria spinosissima) Photo by: Carolina González
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