© Valentino Vallicelli
Endangered
CITES App. II
Neomammillaria gigantea
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 85, pl. 11. 1923 [24 Dec 1923]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Neomammillaria gigantea
Author
(Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
4-6, robust, straight or more or less curved,dark yellow, becoming brownishwith age, to 20 mm long, lowermost one longest.
Seeds
Brown.
Description
Solitary or clumping
Tubercles
Pyramidal, four-angled, with latex, axils woolly.
Flowers
Yellowish green, to 15 mm in diameter.
Stem
Depressed globose with apex strongly sunken and woolly, up to 10 cm tall, 17 cm in diameter,.
Radial Spines
7-12, needle-like, white, to 3 mm long.
Fruits
Pink to greenish.