Taxonomic account

Mammillaria nivosa

Mammillaria nivosa Link ex Pfeiff.

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]

Cactus flavescens DC.
Cactus nivosus (Link ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze
Cactus stramineus Spreng.
Coryphantha nivosa (Link ex Pfeiff.) Britton
Mammillaria flavescens (DC.) Haw.
Mammillaria flavescens var. nivosa (Link ex Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Mammillaria straminea Haw.
Mammillaria tortolensis Pfeiff.
Neomammillaria nivosa (Link ex Pfeiff.) 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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