Mammillaria pennispinosa

Mammillaria pennispinosa is a species of cactus. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from a single location in Durango. Its total population is fewer than 1250 individuals. They grow on volcanic rock in desert habitat.[1]

Mammillaria pennispinosa

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species:
M. pennispinosa
Binomial name
Mammillaria pennispinosa
Krainz

References

  1. Fitz Maurice, W.A. & Fitz Maurice, B. 2013. Mammillaria pennispinosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. Downloaded on 18 September 2015.


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