Mammillaria barbata

Mammillaria barbata Engelm.[1] is a small cactus native to Chihuahua, Sonora, and Durango, with the common name greenflower nipple cactus.[2] It is found in mountainous locations in the Sierra Madre Occidental.[3] It has delicate white to pink flowers. The fruits are red and oblong. They are edible but too small to be of much food value to humans.[4]

Mammillaria barbata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species:
M. barbata
Binomial name
Mammillaria barbata
Engelm.

Synonyms
  • 'Mammillaria barbata' Engelm. in Wisliz., Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition in 1846 and 1847 105–106. 1848.
    • Cactus barbatus (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891.[5]
    • Chilita barbata (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926.[6]
    • Cochemiea barbata (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Doweld, Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 38. 2000.[7]
    • Ebnerella barbata (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Buxb., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 89. 1951.[8]
    • Neomammillaria barbata (Engelm. in Wisliz.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 144, fig. 159. 1923.[9]
    • Mammillaria barbata var. garessii (Cowper) Lodé, Cact. Aventures 16: 17. 1992.[10]
    • Mammillaria garessii Cowper, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 42: 14, 93. 1970.[11]
    • Mammillaria barbata var. morricalii (Cowper) Lodé, Cact. Aventures 16: 17. 1992.
    • Mammillaria morricalii Cowper, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 208. 1969.[12]
    • Mammillaria barbata var. santaclarensis (Cowper) Lodé, Cact. Aventures 16: 17. 1992.
    • Mammillaria santaclarensis Cowper, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 248. 1969.[13]
    • Mammillaria chavezei Cowper, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. xviii. 8. 1963 [invalid name][14]
    • Mammillaria melilotiae Laferr., J. Mammillaria Soc. 38(2):18. 1998.[15]
    • Mammillaria luthieniae Laferr., J. Mammillaria Soc. 38(2):18. 1998.
    • Mammillaria orestera L.D.Benson, Cacti Ariz. ed. 3, 22, 155. 1969.[16]
    • Mammillaria viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Boed., Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schluessel 36. 1933.[17]
    • Chilita viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Orcutt, Cactography 2 1926.[18]
    • Mammillaria wilcoxii var. viridiflora (Britton & Rose) W.T.Marshall, Desert. Bot. Gard. Arizona, Sci. Bull. 1: 102. 1950[19]
    • Mammillaria wrightii var. viridiflora (Britton & Rose) W.T.Marshall, Desert. Bot. Gard. Arizona, Sci. Bull. 1: 102. 1950
    • Neomammillaria viridiflora Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 153. 1923

References
  1. Engelm. in Wisliz., Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico: connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition in 1846 and 1847 105–106. 1848.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mammillaria barbata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994b. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140.
  4. Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.
  5. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891.
  6. Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926.
  7. Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 38. 2000
  8. Buxb., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 89. 1951.
  9. Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 144, fig. 159. 1923
  10. Lodé, Cact. Aventures 16: 17. 1992.
  11. Cowper, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 42: 14, 93. 1970.
  12. Cowper, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 208. 1969
  13. Cowper, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 248. 1969.
  14. Cowper, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. xviii. 8. 1963
  15. Laferriere, J. Mammillaria Soc. 38(2):18. 1998.
  16. Benson, Cacti Ariz. ed. 3, 22, 155. 1969.
  17. Boed., Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schluessel 36. 1933.
  18. Orcutt, Cactography 2 1926
  19. Marshall, Desert. Bot. Gard. Arizona, Sci. Bull. 1: 102. 1950
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