Mammillaria meiacantha

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Mammillaria meiacantha Engelm.
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 263. 1856 1857 [preprint, 1856]
Family: CACTACEAE

: Mammillaria heyderi subs. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)

:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.
Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 16: 20. 1848
: 10

:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gaumeri (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 1997
: 3

:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gummifera (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
: 5

:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
: 13

:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
: 5

:
Mammillaria heyderi subs. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
: 7

Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.: It has 1 central spine and 15-22 radial spines; Flowers are cream coloured with brownish-greenish mid-veins.
Mammillaria heyderi var. applanata (Engelm.) Engelm.: It is often the flattest but otherwise very similar to the The ssp. heyderi and may probably repesent only a race of the same species.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gaumeri (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt: It has one central spine and 10-12 radial spines; Flowers are plain creamy-white.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. gummifera (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: It has 1-2 central spines and 10-12 radial spines: Flowers are reddish-white with darker midviens.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: It has 1 central spine and 9-13 radial spines; Flowers are Cream-colored to dusty pink.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. macdougalii (Rose in L.H.Bailey) D.R.Hunt: It has 1-2 central spines which are stouter and 10-12 radials spines; Flowers are cream-colored to pale yellow.
Mammillaria heyderi subs. meiacantha (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt: It has one to none central spines and 5-9 radial spines; Flowers are pink or white with pink mid-viens.

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