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Mammillaria glassii var. nominis-dulcis A.B.Lau
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 57: 198 (fig.). 1985
Family: CACTACEAE

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

  • Mammillaria glassii R.A.Foster: ssp. glassii Stems very small, not exceeding 3 cm in diameter, whit numerose axilary bristles and usually only one central spine. Flowers very tiny, narrow (approx 3-4 mm in diameter). Origin: Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon.
  • Mammillaria glassii var. ascensionis (Repp.) Glass & R.A.Foster: Stems are larger (up to 10 cm in diameter) axil almost naked with short wool and few (if any) bristles. Central spines 7-7 mm long, flowers larger up to 18-22 mm wide. Origin: Ascension, Nuevo leon.
  • Mammillaria glassii var. nominis-dulcis A.B.Lau: Flowers very large up to 3 cm in diameter.
  • Mammillaria glassii var. siberiensis A.B.Lau: Clumping, heads up to 10 cm in diameter. Floers, white to pale pink, over 2,5 cm across . Origin: Near the town of Siberia in Nuevo Leon

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