Mammillaria schwarzii

Mammillaria schwarzii
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria
Species: M. schwarzii
Binomial name
Mammillaria schwarzii
Shurly

Mammillaria schwarzii is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. Thought to be extinct for some time, it was rediscovered in 1987.[1]

References

  1. [Fitz Maurice, W.A. & Fitz Maurice, B. 2002. Mammillaria schwarzii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.]