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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex Pfeiff. (Enum. Diagn. Cact. 11. 1837.) Localities: West Indies (endemic), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Barbuda, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [ Puerto Rico (native)[ Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Monito,], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, ) ], Bahamas (native), Common Names: Cacto lanoso (Puerto Rico), Erizo blanco (Puerto Rico), Pope's head (L. Antilles), Woolly nipple-cactus (Bahamas), Synonyms: Coryphantha nivosa (Link ex Pfeiff.) Britton (Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 45. 1915.), Neomammillaria nivosa (Link ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose (Cactaceae 4: 71. 1923.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Anderson, E.F. 2001. The Cactus Family. Timber Press. 3). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 4). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 5). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 6). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 7). Stearn, W.T. 1971. A survey of the tropical genera Oplonia and Psilanthele (Acanthaceae).Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot. 4: 261-323. 8). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org Last edited 06 Jul 09 |