Mammillaria papasquiarensis
Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens 1988 137 (1989), basionym without type
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria papasquiarensis
Author
(Bravo) Repp.
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
1 to 3, dark-brown to almost black, becoming grey whit age, 40 to 100 mm in length.
Flowers
Dull white to pinkish with darker central veins.The distinguishing long spines of Mammillaria papasquiarensisSN|15982]]SN|15978]], appear to fall within the natural variation of Mammillaria grusoniiSN|15978]]SN|15974]] and it should be synonymized with the latter.
Stem
Handsome, large, solitary to about 25 cm in diameter (or more), flat-globular if grown in plenty of sunshine, which it relishes, and which helps produce the strong spination it is noted for.
Radial Spines
8 to 10, grey 5 to 40 mm in length.