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Endangered
CITES App. II
Mammillaria pectinifera subs. solisioides
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 20: 21. 2005 [Nov 2005]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Mammillaria pectinifera subs. solisioides
Author
(Backeb.) D.R.Hunt
Chinese genus
乳突球属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
Not present.
Description
Plants usually solitary, occasionally forming small clumps.
Axils
Naked
Flowers
Yellow to yellowish white, to 14 (-25) mm long.
Stem
Spherical to depressed cylindrical, 2 - 4 (-8) cm high and in diameter. Without latex.
Radial Spines
± 25, flexible, chalky or dirty white, pectinately arranged and flattened against the stem surface, to 5 mm long.
Fruits
Greenish, half-retained within the plant, barely protuding above the spines.