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Epithelantha micromeris
Cact. 3: 93. 1922.
Illustrated
Basionym: Mammillaria micromeris Engelmann Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 260. 1856 (as Mamillaria)
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico
Discussion
Varieties 2–4 (1 in the flora).
The endemic Mexican taxa have relatively large flowers like those of Epithelantha bokei.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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cluster +
cushionlike +
arillate +
absent +
separate +
flowering +
absent +
woolly +
hourglass--shaped +
woodlike +
hardened +
surrounding +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
anticlinal +
not protruding +
radial +
sessile +
symmetric +
proliferating +
arising +
not mucilaginous +
thick +
not separating +
intact +
deciduous +
sessile +
symmetric +
arranged +
deep +
diurnal +
inconspicuous +
bisexual +
adnate +
epigynous +
conspicuous +
spineless +
berrylike +
bright red +
drying +
indehiscent +
cylindric +
absent +
dense +
petal-like +
1mm;2.3mm +
sessile +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
erose-denticulate +
apparent +
sepal-like +
true +
surrounding +
sunken +
epigynous +
compound +
not mucilaginous +
parietal +
3;14 +
separated +
flowering +
distal +
visible +
coalescent +
Cact. +
1922 +
absent +
vertical +
3;2;2;30 +
minute +
diffuse +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
small +
impressed-reticulate +
blackish +
0.4mm;12mm +
1;3000 +
glossy +
hemispheric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
detachable +
1;5 +
Illustrated +
bristlelike +
ribbonlike +
straight +
appressed +
pliable +
shorter +
erect +
absent +
not distinguishable +
glabrous +
terete +
innocuous +
50;1500 +
decurrent +
mature +
woolly +
unsegmented +
succulent +
2cm;4cm +
white +
absent +
obscured +
tuberculate +
woody +
adventitous +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
Epithelantha micromeris +
Epithelantha +
species +
5;50 +
not confluent +
distinct +
absent +
small +
unbranched +
perennial +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
not deep-seated +
miniature +