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Accession Data

Mammilloydia candida

Common Name: Snowball Cactus

Family: Cactaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas).

Description: M. candida is the sole species in the genus and thus is also the type species for the genus.

Accession Data

Accession #: 201300061

Accession Date: 2013-10-24

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2211

Quantity: 4

Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College

Provenance: Smith# 224-12 ex Monaco (Index Seminum 2011) #120. Monaco Acc# 28032A. Wild origin Mexico, San Luis Potosi, El Huizache, Rog 100

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Cactaceae

SubFamily: Cactoideae

Tribe: Cacteae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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References

  1. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 24 October 2013).
  2. Mammilloydia. (2013, January 15). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 17:07, October 24, 2013.
  3. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 24 Oct 2013
  4. Mammilloydia. (2013, September 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:13, October 24, 2013

Images

Mammilloydia candida