PLANTS Profile for Mammillaria nivosa (woolly nipple cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer
woolly nipple cactus

Symbol:

MANI3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Shrub

PR		N
VI		N

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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

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Synonyms:
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

NENI

Neomammillaria nivosa (Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer) Britton & Rose

Distribution:
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 16 species in Mammillaria

Classification:
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Mammillaria Haw. – globe cactus
Species	Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer – woolly nipple cactus

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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503681.

Time Generated: 06/17/2013 11:52 PM CDT