Difference between revisions of "Coryphantha nickelsiae"
Cact. 4: 35. 1923.
Common names: Nickels’s pincushion cactus
Conservation concern
Basionym: Mammillaria nickelsiae K. Brandegee Zoë 5: 31. 1900 (as Mamillaria nickelsa e)
Synonyms: Coryphantha calochlora Boedeker Coryphantha laui Bremer Coryphantha neglecta Bremer Coryphantha sulcata var. nickelsiae (K. Brandegee) L. D. Benson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 224.
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|name=Mammillaria nickelsiae | |name=Mammillaria nickelsiae | ||
|authority=K. Brandegee | |authority=K. Brandegee | ||
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym | |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym | ||
|name=Coryphantha calochlora | |name=Coryphantha calochlora | ||
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|name=Coryphantha laui | |name=Coryphantha laui | ||
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|name=Coryphantha neglecta | |name=Coryphantha neglecta | ||
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|name=Coryphantha sulcata var. nickelsiae | |name=Coryphantha sulcata var. nickelsiae | ||
|authority=(K. Brandegee) L. D. Benson | |authority=(K. Brandegee) L. D. Benson | ||
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|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Coryphantha;Coryphantha nickelsiae | |hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Coryphantha;Coryphantha nickelsiae | ||
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>unbranched (western) to freely branched and ± forming mats (eastern), tuberculate with numerous, fine spines. <b>Roots</b> diffuse or short taproots; branches root adventitiously. <b>Stems</b> deep-seated, aerial portion hemispheric or ± flat-topped, less than 11 × (4–)5.2–7 cm; tubercles 7–10(–13?) × 10 mm, firm; areolar glands seasonally conspicuous; parenchyma not mucilaginous; pith 1/2 of lesser stem diam.; medullary vascular system conspicuous. <b>Spines</b> 13–21 per areole; uppermost radial spines white, contrasting with others, at least on old plants, sometimes forming conspicuous white tufts, others white to tan or dark brown; radial spines 13–20 per areole, 13–23 × 0.15–0.17 mm; central spines 0–1 per areole, porrect, straight or slightly curved downward, longest spines 11–16 mm. <b>Flowers</b> apical or nearly so, 45–50 mm diam.; outer tepals entire; inner tepals ca. 30 per flower, pale yellow, ca. 30 mm; outer filaments white or pale yellow; anthers orange-yellow; stigma lobes 5–8, white or cream, (2.5–)5–8 mm. <b>Fruits</b> gray-green or bright green (paler proximally), obovoid, spheric, or ellipsoid, 18–23 × 8–10 mm; floral remnant strongly persistent. <b>Seeds</b> orange, drying to reddish brown, spheric to comma-shaped, 1.1–1.7 mm, finely and weakly raised-reticulate.</span><!-- |
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| + | |phenology=Flowering summer (Aug–Sep). | ||
|habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, eastern edge of Chihuahuan Desert, limestone outcrops, nearby alluvium | |habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, eastern edge of Chihuahuan Desert, limestone outcrops, nearby alluvium | ||
|elevation=100-150 m | |elevation=100-150 m | ||
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas). | |distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas). | ||
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!-- | |discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!-- | ||
| − | --><p>Coryphantha nickelsiae in the flora is based on old herbarium specimens labeled only as from “Laredo, Texas.” Coryphantha nickelsiae belongs to the same species group as C. ramillosa. Coryphantha sulcata, with which L. D. Benson (1969b, 1969c, 1982) inexplicably united C. nickelsiae, is not closely related.</p><!-- | + | --><p><i>Coryphantha nickelsiae</i> in the flora is based on old herbarium specimens labeled only as from “Laredo, Texas.” <i>Coryphantha nickelsiae</i> belongs to the same species group as <i>C. ramillosa</i>. <i>Coryphantha sulcata</i>, with which L. D. Benson (1969b, 1969c, 1982) inexplicably united <i>C. nickelsiae</i>, is not closely related.</p><!-- |
| − | --><p>Coryphantha nickelsiae often has ribbonlike uppermost radial spines.</p> | + | --><p><i>Coryphantha nickelsiae</i> often has ribbonlike uppermost radial spines.</p> |
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|family=Cactaceae | |family=Cactaceae | ||
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|habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, eastern edge of Chihuahuan Desert, limestone outcrops, nearby alluvium | |habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, eastern edge of Chihuahuan Desert, limestone outcrops, nearby alluvium | ||
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae | |subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 5 November 2020
Plants unbranched (western) to freely branched and ± forming mats (eastern), tuberculate with numerous, fine spines. Roots diffuse or short taproots; branches root adventitiously. Stems deep-seated, aerial portion hemispheric or ± flat-topped, less than 11 × (4–)5.2–7 cm; tubercles 7–10(–13?) × 10 mm, firm; areolar glands seasonally conspicuous; parenchyma not mucilaginous; pith 1/2 of lesser stem diam.; medullary vascular system conspicuous. Spines 13–21 per areole; uppermost radial spines white, contrasting with others, at least on old plants, sometimes forming conspicuous white tufts, others white to tan or dark brown; radial spines 13–20 per areole, 13–23 × 0.15–0.17 mm; central spines 0–1 per areole, porrect, straight or slightly curved downward, longest spines 11–16 mm. Flowers apical or nearly so, 45–50 mm diam.; outer tepals entire; inner tepals ca. 30 per flower, pale yellow, ca. 30 mm; outer filaments white or pale yellow; anthers orange-yellow; stigma lobes 5–8, white or cream, (2.5–)5–8 mm. Fruits gray-green or bright green (paler proximally), obovoid, spheric, or ellipsoid, 18–23 × 8–10 mm; floral remnant strongly persistent. Seeds orange, drying to reddish brown, spheric to comma-shaped, 1.1–1.7 mm, finely and weakly raised-reticulate.
Phenology: Flowering summer (Aug–Sep).
Habitat: Tamaulipan thorn scrub, eastern edge of Chihuahuan Desert, limestone outcrops, nearby alluvium
Elevation: 100-150 m
Distribution
Tex., Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas).
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Coryphantha nickelsiae in the flora is based on old herbarium specimens labeled only as from “Laredo, Texas.” Coryphantha nickelsiae belongs to the same species group as C. ramillosa. Coryphantha sulcata, with which L. D. Benson (1969b, 1969c, 1982) inexplicably united C. nickelsiae, is not closely related.
Coryphantha nickelsiae often has ribbonlike uppermost radial spines.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.