Mammillaria vetula Mart.
First published in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 338 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Guanajuato to Veracruz). It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cactus vetulus (Mart.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Chilita vetula (Mart.) Orcutt in Cactography: 2 (1926)
- Escobariopsis vetula (Mart.) Doweld in Tsukkulenty 3: 41 (2000)
- Neomammillaria vetula (Mart.) Britton & Rose in Cact. 4: 130 (1923)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cactus gracilis (Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Cactus pulchellus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus regius (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Chilita fragilis (Salm-Dyck ex K.Brandegee) Orcutt in Cactography: 2 (1926)
- Escobariopsis gracilis (Pfeiff.) Doweld in Tsukkulenty 3: 40 (2000)
- Krainzia gracilis (Pfeiff.) Doweld in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 169 (2001)
- Mammillaria fragilis Salm-Dyck ex K.Brandegee in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 975 (1900)
- Mammillaria gracilis Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 275 (1838)
- Mammillaria gracilis var. fragilis A.Berger in Kakteen: 304 (1929)
- Mammillaria gracilis var. pulchella (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 13, 103 (1850)
- Mammillaria gracilis f. pulchella (Salm-Dyck) Schelle in Kakteen: 317 (1926)
- Mammillaria grandiflora Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 4 (1845), nom. illeg.
- Mammillaria kuentziana P.Fearn & B.Fearn in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 18: 33 (1963)
- Mammillaria magneticola J.Meyrán in Cact. Suc. Mex. 6: 17 (1961)
- Mammillaria pulchella Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 10 (1850)
- Mammillaria regia C.Ehrenb. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 369 (1849)
- Mammillaria vetula subsp. gracilis (Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt in Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 (1997)
- Mammillaria vetula subsp. lacostei Plein & Heinr.Weber in Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 27: 210 (2003)
- Mammillaria vetula subsp. magneticola (J.Meyrán) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (2003)
- Neomammillaria fragilis (Salm-Dyck ex K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose in Cact. 4: 132 (1923)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria. Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria. Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images