Various Subspecies of Mammillaria heyderi

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1-3 Mammillaria meiacantha — 4-14 M. heyderi var. applanata
15-17 Var. hemisphaerica — 18-20 M. gummifera.

(Plate 9.)

Artist

Name:: Roetter, Paulus
Dates:: 1806-1894
Countries:: Germany, US

Illustration

Subject:: Plants
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Rebuffet
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Botanicus, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The botanical works of the late George Engelmann (volume of plates)
Author:: Engelmann, George
Publisher:: Cambridge, MA: J. Wilson and Son, 1887
Open Library:: View record

Description:

Botanical steel engraving showing subspecies of Mammillaria heyderi, namely M. heyderi subsp. gummifera, M. heyderi subsp. hemisphaerica, and M. heyderi subsp. meiacantha. M. heyderi subsp. hemisphaerica and M. heyderi var. applanata are currently considered to be synonyms. Mammillaria heyderi is a plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico and the United States.

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