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Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Krainz) Doweld
Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 41. 2000
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria pennispinosa Krainz
Sukkulentenkunde 2: 20 (fig.). 1948 Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 10: 18. 1948 (invalid; Latin diagnosis lacking)

Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
PM 481 Puente Vinagrillos , Durango, Mexico. It is an exquisite spined miniature though difficult to keep growing in cultivation, it is immediately recognisable by its beautiful white, feathery spines and is surely one of the more popular of the genus.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria pennispinosa Krainz
Sukkulentenkunde 2: 20 (fig.). 1948 Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 10: 18. 1948 (invalid; Latin diagnosis lacking)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria pennispinosa subs. brachytrichion (Lüthy) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003)
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria pennispinosa group

  • Mammillaria pennispinosa Krainz: has creamy-white to orange-pink plumose (feathery) radial spines and brown hooked centrals. Distribution: northwest of Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.
  • Mammillaria pennispinosa subs. brachytrichion (Lüthy) U.Guzmán: is a tiny species with feathery hooked spines. Distribution: General Escobedo, Durango, Mexico.

18663 Ilham Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
9812 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

9813 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
9814 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

9815 cactus-art Cactus Art
Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Cactus Art
9811 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Escobariopsis pennispinosa (Mammillaria pennispinosa) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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