Taxonomic account

Mammillaria petrophila

Mammillaria petrophila K.Brandegee

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Mammillaria arida Rose
Mammillaria baxteriana (H.E.Gates) Boed.
Mammillaria gatesii M.E.Jones
Mammillaria marshalliana (H.E.Gates) Boed.
Mammillaria pacifica (H.E.Gates) Boed.
Mammillaria petrophila subsp. arida (Rose) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria petrophila subsp. baxteriana (H.E.Gates) D.R.Hunt
Neomammillaria arida (Rose) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria baxteriana H.E.Gates
Neomammillaria marshalliana H.E.Gates
Neomammillaria pacifica H.E.Gates
Neomammillaria petrophila (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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