Mammillaria huitzilopochtlii subsp. niduliformis

Mammillaria huitzilopochtlii subsp. niduliformis (A.B.Lau) Pilbeam ()
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🌵 BasionymMammillaria huitzilopochtlii var. niduliformis ()
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Etymology

Latin nÄ«dÅ­lus ‘little nest’ + Latin –formis ‘-shaped’. For the interwoven central spines. Compare the English name bird’s nest cactus for Mammillaria camptotricha and Mammillaria longimamma.

Hunt (in Huitzilopochtlia 1: 2. 2009): “The last time I met Alfred [Lau] was at the University Botanic Garden in Mexico City in October 1986, when he showed me the plant that was to be preserved as the holotype of a new variety of M. huitzilopochtli. He thought the long twisted and interlacing spines made it look like a little bird’s nest, so I suggested he could give it the epithet ‘nidiformis’. He agreed but preferred the diminutive form ‘niduliformis’ and duly published the name some years later (JMS 34(4): 46–49. 1994).”


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 12). Mammillaria huitzilopochtlii subsp. niduliformis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-huitzilopochtlii-subsp-niduliformis