Biology:Mammillaria glassii

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Short description: Species of cactus

Mammillaria glassii
Mammillaria glassii ssp glassii pm 01.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species:
M. glassii
Binomial name
Mammillaria glassii
R.A. Foster, 1968

Mammillaria glassii is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is a small, clumping cactus with "fluffy white spines."[1] M. glassii is native to Mexico in the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León.[2]

Mammillaria glassii at the Washington DC Botanical garden.

References

  1. "Mammillaria glassii R.A.Foster". http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/5392/Mammillaria_glassii. 
  2. IUCN (2009). "Mammillaria glassii: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, W.A., Hernández, H.M., Sotomayor, M. & Smith, M.". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2013-1.rlts.t152530a647321.en. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1415116 entry