Taxonomic account

Mammillaria pottsii

Mammillaria pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck

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 pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
Chilita pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt
Coryphantha pottsiana (Poselg.) A.D.Zimmerman
Coryphantha pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt
Echinocactus pottsianus Poselg.
Krainzia pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) Doweld
Leptocladia leona (Poselg.) Buxb.
Mammillaria leona Poselg.
Mammillaria pottsii var. gigas Repp.
Mammillaria pottsii var. multicaulis Repp.
Neomammillaria pottsii (Scheer ex Salm-Dyck) 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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