Mammillaria pennispinosa

Mammillaria pennispinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species: M. pennispinosa
Binomial name
Mammillaria pennispinosa
Krainz

Mammillaria pennispinosa is a species of cactus. It is endemic to Mexico, where it is known only from a single location in Durango. Its total population is fewer than 1250 individuals. They grow on volcanic rock in desert habitat.[1]

References

  1. Fitz Maurice, W.A. & Fitz Maurice, B. 2013. Mammillaria pennispinosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. Downloaded on 18 September 2015.
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