Mammillaria carnea: Difference between revisions

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref =<ref name="e752">{{cite journal | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2009-04-29 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152335/121531736 | access-date=2024-06-20 | page=}}</ref>

|synonyms=

*''Cactus carneus'' {{au|(Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze 1891}}

*''Mammillaria villifera var. carnea'' {{au|(Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck 1850}}

*''Neomammillaria carnea'' {{au|(Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose 1923}}

*''Cactus aeruginosus'' {{au|(Scheidw.) Kuntze 1891}}

*''Cactus pallescens'' {{au|(Scheidw.) Kuntze 1891}}

*''Cactus subtetragonus'' {{au|(A.Dietr.) Kuntze 1891}}

*''Cactus villifer'' {{au|(Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze 1891}}

*''Mammillaria aeruginosa'' {{au|Scheidw. 1840}}

*''Mammillaria carnea var. aeruginosa'' {{au|(Scheidw.) Gürke 1905}}

*''Mammillaria carnea var. cirrosa'' {{au|(Salm-Dyck) Gürke 1905}}

*''Mammillaria carnea var. robustispina'' {{au|R.T.Craig 1945}}

*''Mammillaria carnea var. subtetragona'' {{au|(A.Dietr.) Backeb. 1961}}

*''Mammillaria carnea var. villifera'' {{au|(Otto ex Pfeiff.) Gürke 1905}}

*''Mammillaria pallescens'' {{au|Scheidw. 1841}}

*''Mammillaria subtetragona'' {{au|A.Dietr. 1840}}

*''Mammillaria villifera'' {{au|Otto ex Pfeiff. 1837}}

*''Mammillaria villifera var. aeruginosa'' {{au|(Scheidw.) Salm-Dyck 1850}}

*''Mammillaria villifera var. cirrosa'' {{au|Salm-Dyck 1850}}

*''Neomammillaria carnea var. cirrosa'' {{au|(Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô 1981}}

*''Neomammillaria villifera'' {{au|(Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose 1923}}

==Description==

''Mammillaria carnea'' grows solitary and in clusters up to 20 centimeters tall and 8 to 12 centimeters in diameter, transitioning from spherical to cylindrical in shape. The plant has firm, angular warts that contain milky sap. It features four stiff, pink-brown central spines with black tips, measuring 0.8 to 2 centimeters long. Radial spines are either absent or appear as bristles.

The plant produces funnel-shaped, light pink flowers that are 1.5 to 2 centimeters long and 1.2 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. Its red fruits contain brown seeds.<ref name="y0011">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2011 | isbn=978-3-8001-5964-2 | language=de | page=374}}</ref>

==Distribution==

''Mammillaria carnea'' is native to the Mexican states of Guerrero, Puebla, and Oaxaca growing on plains and slopes of the deciduous forest at elevations of 500 to 2000 meters.<ref name="e531">{{cite web | title=Mammillaria carnea | website=LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/23756/Mammillaria_carnea | ref={{sfnref | LLIFLE | 2013}} | access-date=2024-06-20}}</ref>

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File:Mammillaria carnea (5759102784).jpg|Plants near Calipan, Puebla

File:Mammillaria carnea (5753745923).jpg|Plants growing near Zapotitlan De Las Salinas, Puebla

File:Mammillaria carnea (5747931642).jpg|Plants growing near Tomellin, Oaxaca

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==Taxonomy==

First described in 1837 by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer, the specific epithet "carnea" means 'flesh-colored.'<ref name="w170">{{cite book | last=Britton | first=Nathaniel Lord | last2=Eaton | first2=Mary E. | last3=Rose | first3=J. N. | last4=Wood | first4=Helen Adelaide | title=The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | publication-place=Washington | year=1919 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.46288 | page=}}</ref>

==External links==

*{{Commons category-inline|Mammillaria carnea|''Mammillaria carnea''}}

*{{Wikispecies-inline|Mammillaria carnea|''Mammillaria carnea''}}