Coryphantha macromeris
Common Name(s): Big Needle Cactus, Big Nipple Cory-Cactus, Dona Ana, Long Mamma, Nipple Beehive Cactus
Synonym(s): Mammillaria macromeris, Lepidocoryphantha macromeris, Coryphantha runyonii, Lepidocoryphantha runyonii, Coryphantha pirtlei
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Desert Botanical Garden , Phoenix, AZ
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: 2005 Intercity Show, Los Angeles Arboretum
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Charles Barnum Private Collection, Sparks Nevada
Photographer: Charles Barnum
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Charles Barnum Private Collection, Sparks Nevada
Photographer: Charles Barnum
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: SDCSS 2008 Show at Balboa Park in San Diego
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Van Horn, Texas
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Van Horn, Texas
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Dagger Flat, Texas
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: West of El Paso, Texas
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: West of El Paso, Texas
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Big Bend State Park, Texas
Photographer: Juergen Menzel
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Private Collection
Photographer: Joel Lode
Photographer's Website: Click Here
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Big Bend National Park, Texas
Photographer: Craig Howe
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Big Bend National Park, Texas
Photographer: Craig Howe
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C. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Habitat near Hatch, New Mexico
Photographer: Peter Breslin
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Coryphantha macromeris subsp. macromeris
Common Name(s): Big Needle Cactus, Big Nipple Cory-Cactus, Dona Ana, Long Mamma, Nipple Beehive Cactus
Synonym(s): Mammillaria macromeris, Lepidocoryphantha macromeris, Coryphantha runyonii, Lepidocoryphantha runyonii, Coryphantha pirtlei, Coryphantha macromeris macromeris
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C. macromeris subsp. macromeris
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Picture taken at: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ
Photographer: Daiv Freeman
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Coryphantha macromeris subsp. runyonii
Common Name(s): Big Needle Cactus, Big Nipple Cory-Cactus, Dona Ana, Long Mamma, Nipple Beehive Cactus
Synonym(s): Mammillaria macromeris, Lepidocoryphantha macromeris, Coryphantha runyonii, Lepidocoryphantha runyonii, Coryphantha pirtlei, Coryphantha macromeris runyonii
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| Species Notes: 3rd picture is of cv 'Sunderlandi' or 'Viola': |
Original Description: The Cactaceae 4
p.26 - Britton & Rose (1920)Forming low clumps, sometimes 5 dm in diameter, grayish green, with a thick, elongated tap-root; tubercles rather short, 1 to 2 cm long, terete or somewhat flattened, grooved on the upper half, rarely more, but never to the base; radial spines 6 or more, spreading, acicular, very variable in length, 3 cm long or less, sometimes all yellow or sometimes one or more in a cluster brown, otherwise yellow; central spines on young plant solitary, dark brown to black but in old plants sometimes 2 or 3, somewhat angled, up to 6 cm long; flowers large, purple, 5 cm broad; outer perianth-segments ciliate; inner perianth-segments spatulate, oblong, acute; fruit green; seeds brown. |
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C. macromeris subsp. runyonii
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Picture taken at: Suleyman Demir's Private Collection in Ankara, Turkey
Photographer: Suleyman
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C. macromeris subsp. runyonii
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Picture taken at: Craig and Denise Fry's Personal Collection
Photographer: Craig Fry
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C. macromeris subsp. runyonii
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Picture taken at: Juergen Menzel's Private Collection
Photographer: Juergen Menzel
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| *Currently there are 30 species in this genus according to The Cactus Family. |
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