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Mammillaria compressa

DC. (1828)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Genus: Mammillaria

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Description

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Synonyms (48)

Cactus cirrhifer (Mart.) Kuntze (1891)
Cactus compressus (DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Cactus conopseus (Van Houtte) Kuntze (1891)
Cactus longisetus (Muehlenpf.) Kuntze (1891)
Cactus squarrosus (Meinsh.) Kuntze (1891)
Cactus subangularis (DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Cactus triacanthus (DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Mammillaria angularis Link & Otto (1830)
Mammillaria angularis f. compressa (DC.) Schelle (1907)
Mammillaria angularis f. fulvispina (K.Schum.) Schelle (1907)
Mammillaria angularis f. longiseta (Muehlenpf.) Schelle (1907)
Mammillaria angularis f. triacantha (DC.) Schelle (1907)
Mammillaria angularis var. compressa K.Schum. (1898)
Mammillaria angularis var. fulvescens Salm-Dyck (1850)
Mammillaria angularis var. fulvispina K.Schum. (1898)
Mammillaria angularis var. longiseta (Muehlenpf.) Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum. (1898)
Mammillaria angularis var. triacantha (DC.) Salm-Dyck (1845)
Mammillaria bernalensis Repp. (1987)
Mammillaria brevispina Boed. (1928)
Mammillaria centralifera Repp. (1987)
Mammillaria cirrhifera Mart. (1829)
Mammillaria cirrhifera var. angulosior Lem. (1839)
Mammillaria cirrhifera var. longiseta (Muehlenpf.) Salm-Dyck (1850)
Mammillaria cirrifera Salm-Dyck (1850)
Mammillaria compressa subsp. centralifera (Repp.) D.R.Hunt (1997)
Mammillaria compressa var. rubrispina Borg (1937)
Mammillaria conopsea Salm-Dyck (1845)
Mammillaria conopsea var. longispina Scheidw. (1839)
Mammillaria esseriana Boed. (1928)
Mammillaria kleinschmidtiana Zeiss. (1898)
Mammillaria longiseta Muehlenpf. (1845)
Mammillaria oettingenii Zeiss. (1898)
Mammillaria plinthimorpha Jacobi (1856)
Mammillaria squarrosa Meinsh. (1859)
Mammillaria subangularis DC. (1828)
Mammillaria subcirrhifera C.F.Först. (1846)
Mammillaria tolimensis R.T.Craig (1945)
Mammillaria tolimensis var. brevispina R.T.Craig (1945)
Mammillaria tolimensis var. longispina R.T.Craig (1945)
Mammillaria tolimensis var. subuncinata R.T.Craig (1945)
Mammillaria triacantha DC. (1828)
Neomammillaria compressa (DC.) Britton & Rose (1923)
Neomammillaria subangularis (DC.) Y.Itô (1981)
Neomammillaria subangularis var. longiseta (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô (1981)
Neomammillaria subangularis var. rubrispina Y.Itô (1981)
Neomammillaria tolimensis (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô (1981)
Neomammillaria tolimensis var. brevispina (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô (1981)
Neomammillaria tolimensis var. longispina (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô (1981)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 112 (1828)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Mammillaria compressa Koko Crater Botanic Garden full sun Preserved_Specimen forming dense mounds up to 30 cm tall and 0.8 m across. Tepals a blend of dark pink and medium brown Lau, J. 1982 Oahu BISH 1986-02-10
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