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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Mammillaria kraehenbuehlii
Kakteen Sukk. 22(5): 93 (May 1971). without basionym ref.; et in Kakteen,46-47: CVIIc (Junc 1971); also D.R. Hunt in J. Mammillaria Soc., 11 (5): 61(Oct. 1971)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria kraehenbuehlii
Author
(Krainz) Krainz
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
0-1 whitish with brown tips, 5-10 mm long.
Seeds
Black.
Description
It is a clustering species with white spines on pale green bodies that form dense low clusters.
Tubercles
Attenuate to conical, without latex, axils naked.
Flowers
Lilac-carmine, up to 18 mm long.
Stem
Globose to shortly cylindrical, soft, 3-12 cm tall, up to 3.5 cm in diameter.
Radial Spines
18-24, very thin, white with brown tips, curving and interlacing, 3-8 mm long.
Fruits
Carmine.