Mammilloydia candida (Scheidw.) Buxb.

Common Name: Snowball Cactus
Family: Cactaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas).
Habitat: thickets of xerophytic shrubs on calcareous soils

Description: M. candida is the sole species in the genus and thus is also the type species for the genus.

Accession Data:

Accession # 201300061
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Provenance: Smith# 224-12 ex Monaco (Index Seminum 2011) #120. Monaco Acc# 28032A. Wild origin Mexico, San Luis Potosi, El Huizache, Rog 100
Accession Date: 10-24-2013
Bench: 2211 - XER:Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 4 confirmed on 05-02-2024
Restrictions:
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
SubOrder:
Family: Cactaceae
SubFamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Northeast

References (external):

The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 24 October 2013).
Mammilloydia. (2013, January 15). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 17:07, October 24, 2013.
Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 24 Oct 2013
Mammilloydia. (2013, September 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:13, October 24, 2013

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