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December 2023

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Mammillaria formosa subsp. microthele (Muehlenpf. & Tiegel) D.R.Hunt

This subspecies name was first published in Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 9. 1997.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this subspecies name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001431937.

Synonyms of Mammillaria formosa subsp. microthele (Muehlenpf. & Tiegel) D.R.Hunt

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mammillaria microthele Muehlenpf. & Tiegel in Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges.: 135. 1936. wfo-0000369264
Mammillaria brongniartii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 9. 1850. wfo-0000369627
Cactus bispinus J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(2): 101. 1894. wfo-0001288087
Mammillaria formosa var. microthele (Muehlenpf. & Tiegel) Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 87. 1850. wfo-0001431941
Mammillaria microthele var. brongniartii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 9. 1850. wfo-0001432075