Mammillaria standleyiOrcutt, Cactography 8. 1926 is a species of the family Cactaceae native to the Sierra Madre Occidental of Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Sonora. It has red-purple flowers surrounded by cottony pubescence. Fruits are red and edible, tasting like apples, although too small to be of much food value to humans.Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.
Synonyms Mammillaria standleyi (Britt. & Rose) Orcutt, Cactography 8. 1926 Neomammillaria standleyi Britt. & Rose, Cact. 4: 97. 1923.Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 97. 1923 Mammillaria auricantha R.T. Craig, Mammill. Handbook 301, fig. 272. 1945.R.T. Craig. 1945. Mammillaria Handbook. Abbey Garden Press. Mammillaria auritricha R.T. Craig, Mammill. Handbook 302, fig. 273. 1945 Mammillaria laneusumma R.T. Craig, Mammill. Handbook 310, fig. 282. 1945 Mammillaria mayensis R.T. Craig, Mammill. Handbook 116, fig. 97. 1945 Mammillaria montensis R.T. Craig, Mammill. Handbook 311, fig. 284. 1945. Mammillaria craigii G.E. Linds., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 303. 1942.Lindsay, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 303. 1942. Mammillaria sonorensis Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (US) 12(10): 155. 1940.Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (US) 12(10): 155. 1940. Mammillaria sonorensis var brevispina Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 156, fig 1940 Mammillaria sonorensis var gentryi Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 156, fig 1940 Mammillaria sonorensis var hiltonii Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 156, fig 1940 Mammillaria sonorensis var longispina Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 156, fig 1940 Mammillaria sonorensis var maccartyi Craig, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 156, fig 1940 Mammillaria tesopacensis Craig, Mammill. Handbook 104, fig. 86. 1945 Mammillaria xanthina (Britton & Rose) Boed., Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schluessel 47. 1933.Boed., Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schluessel 47. 1933. Neomammillaria xanthina Britton & Rose, Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 164. 1923 Chilita xanthina (Britton & Rose) Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926.Orcutt, Cactography 2. 1926. Mammillaria bellisiana Craig, Mammill. Handb. 304 (1945) Mammillaria movensis Craig, Mammill. Handb. 312, fig. 285 1945 Mammillaria tinuvieliae Laferr., J. Mammillaria Soc. 38(2): 21, fig. 1998Laferriere, J. Mammillaria Soc. 38(2): 21, fig. 1998 Mammillaria floresii Fritz Schwarz, Blätt. Sukkulentenk. 1: 5. 1949.Fritz Schwarz, Blätt. Sukkulentenk. 1: 5. 1949.
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