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Cactus elegans (DC.) Kuntze
Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Family: CACTACEAE

= Mammillaria elegans DC.
Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. xvii. (1828) 111.

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. . lxiii. (1824) 42. ( Replaced synonym of: Neomammillaria neoelegans Y.Itô 1981 )

Cactus elegans (Mammillaria elegans) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina Haw.
Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. . lxiii. (1824) 42. ( Replaced synonym of: Neomammillaria neoelegans Y.Itô 1981 )
Synonymy: 17 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina subs. leucocentra (A.Berg) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 10 (1997)
Synonymy: 8 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria geminispina var. nobilis f. cristata

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SPANISH (Español): Cabeza blanca

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria geminispina group


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Cactus elegans (Mammillaria elegans) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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