Mammillaria huntiana García-Mor., Gonz.-Bot. & A.E.Estrada

, J. Mammillaria Soc. 54(2): 44, figs. 1-18 (2014).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60466139-2
Publication
Journal of the Mammillaria Society. Weybridge, England
Collation
54(2): 44, figs. 1-18
Date of Publication
Jan 2014
Family as entered in IPNI
Cactaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
L. García-Morales 0755
Locality
ictoria Municipality: El Huizachal, on small rockyhills with igneous rocks from the Upper Jurassic period, in short grassland with Quercus fusiformis and Q. canbyi, alt. 980 m
Collection Date
24 Feb 2002
Type Herbaria
holotype ITCV
isotype CFNL
isotype MEXU
isotype Geo. B. Hinton Herb.
Distribution Of Types
Tamaulipas (Mexico, Northern America)

Remarks

Eponymy: This new species is dedicated in honour to the English botanist David R. Hunt, for his important contributions to the knowledge of the systematics and taxonomy of the Cactaceae family, and particularly to the genus Mammillaria in Mexico