Mammillaria recurvispina

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Mammillaria recurvispina de Vriese
in Tijdschr. vi. (1839) 53. t. I. f. 3.
Family: CACTACEAE

= Coryphantha elephantidens var. recurvispina (de Vriese) hort., nov. comb. ined.

: Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem.
Cactées 35. 1868

Coryphantha elephantidens var. recurvispina (de Vriese) hort., nov. comb. ined.

Cactus recurvispinus (de Vriese) Kuntze
Coryphantha recurvispina (de Vriese) L.Bremer
Mammillaria recurvispina de Vriese

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Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem.
Cactées 35. 1868
: 27

Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem.

Coryphantha elephantidens f. aurea hort.
Coryphantha elephantidens var. barciae L.Bremer
Coryphantha elephantidens subs. bumamma (Ehrenb.) Dicht & A.Lüthy

Coryphantha bumamma (Ehrenb.) Britton & Rose
Mammillaria bumamma Ehrenb.
Mammillaria elephantidens var. bumamma (Ehrenb.) K.Schum.
Mammillaria elephantidens f. bumamma (Ehrenb.) Schelle

Coryphantha elephantidens subs. greenwoodii (Bravo) Dicht & A.Lüthy

Coryphantha greenwoodii Bravo

Coryphantha elephantidens var. recurvispina (de Vriese) hort., nov. comb. ined.

Cactus recurvispinus (de Vriese) Kuntze
Coryphantha recurvispina (de Vriese) L.Bremer
Mammillaria recurvispina de Vriese

Coryphantha elephantidens var. roseiflora Y.Itô
Coryphantha elephantidens subs. sulcolanata (Lem.) hort., nov. comb. ined.

Coryphantha elephantidens f. variegata hort.
Coryphantha garessii L.Bremer

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Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem.: Large, depressed-globular cactus, often clumping with large dark-green tubercles rounded on top, the tubercles axil is very woolly. The radial spines are stout reflexed and adpressed to the body. Flowers whitish, yellow or pink.
Coryphantha elephantidens f. aurea hort.: Mutant lacking chlorophyll pigment. The result is a completely cream-yellow or golden-yellow plant.
Coryphantha elephantidens var. barciae L.Bremer: It has a big tap-root. Parastichy number 8/13.
Coryphantha elephantidens subs. bumamma (Ehrenb.) Dicht & A.Lüthy: Strongly offsetting species forming large groups up to 50 cm in diameter. Stem glaucous green. It is very similar to Coryphantha elephantidens but the flower are much smaller and nearly yellow.
Coryphantha elephantidens subs. greenwoodii (Bravo) Dicht & A.Lüthy: Solitary or group-forming, flat-globose mostly under the ground-level, intermediate between Coriphantha elepantidens and Coriphantha pycnacantha.
Coryphantha elephantidens var. recurvispina (de Vriese) hort., nov. comb. ined.: Solitary, depressed, about 16 cm. in diameter, tubercles few, large, glaucous, obtuse; areoles and axils naked ; spines all radial, 8 more or less incurved. ( = Coryphantha elephantidens)
Coryphantha elephantidens var. roseiflora Y.Itô: Pink flowering form.
Coryphantha elephantidens subs. sulcolanata (Lem.) hort., nov. comb. ined.: Very similar (if not the same plant) to Coryphantha elephantidens but the flowers are always yellow and never pink. Origin: Hidalgo.
Coryphantha elephantidens f. variegata hort.: Variegated form. The stems have sectors, patches or stripes with two colours, yellow and green. There are several forms of variegation.
Coryphantha elephantidens cv. Tanshi Zougemaru: Cultivar with short but strong spines and very large tubercles. Flowers pink. Origin: Japan.
Coryphantha elephantidens cv. Tanshi Zougemaru inermis
Coryphantha garessii L.Bremer: Probable synonym of Coryphantha elephantides. Origin: Zacatecas

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