Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Mammillaria zeilmanniana Bödeker, Monatsschrift Deutsche Kakteengesellschaft 3:227. 1931
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Synonyms:
Ebnerella zeilmanniana (Bödeker) Buxbaum, Österr. Bot. Zeits. 98: 90. 1951
Chilita zeilmanniana (Bödeker) Buxbaum, Sukkulentenkunde 5: 21. 1954
Mammillaria crinita fa. zeilmanniana (Bödeker) Glass, Guía Intification Cactaceas Amenazada México 1: 1997
Neomammillaria zeilmanniana (Bödeker) Y. Itô, Cactaceae 590. 1981 [nom. illeg. without basionym ref.]
Mammillaria fa. albiflora nomen nudum
Type:
No type prepared
Type Locality:
Mexico, Guanajuato, near San Miguel Allende, amongst rock in leaf-mould.
Distribution:
In a side gorge of the Arroyo la Virgin, west of San Miguel Allende. Mostly growing on the southern rockfaces in a layer of moss and fern together with M. densispina, M. aff. polythele and various Tillandsia, Sedum and ferns at 1950 m altitude (Fitz Maurice, 1988).
Altitude:
1950 m
Collection No:
Flowering:
April-June
Extra Info:
In 1933 Fr. Bödeker described the species discovered by E. Georgi. Fifty years later, these plants could be rediscovered by W.A. & B. Fitz Maurice (1988). A white-flowering form is often present in culture but not validly described. M. zeilmanniana was voted as 'Cactus of the Year' by the Deutsche Kakteen Gesellschaft in 2015.
Compiler:
Rudzinski, Holger / de / 2019.08.01.
