Mammillaria formosa
Species of cactus
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Mammillaria microthele is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae. It is a succulent cactus subshrub endemic to northeastern Mexico.[2] It grows under bushes in xerophytic shrubland (matorral), on hills and plains of the Mexican Plateau in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas.[1]
| Mammillaria formosa | |
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| Mammillaria formosa | |
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| Mammillaria formosa subsp. microthele | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Mammillaria |
| Species: | M. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mammillaria formosa | |
| Subspecies[2] | |
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| Synonyms[2][3][4] | |
synonyms of subsp. formosa:
synonyms of subsp. microthele:
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Two subspecies are accepted:[2]
- Mammillaria formosa subsp. formosa
- Mammillaria formosa subsp. microthele (Muehlenpf.) D.R.Hunt – southern Tamaulipas to north-central San Luis Potosí[4]
