Taxonomic account

Mammillaria polyedra

Mammillaria polyedra Mart.

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 polyedrus (Mart.) Jacob-Makoy
Cactus polygonus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
Cactus polytrichus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
Mammillaria anisacantha Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polyedra var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polygona Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polytricha Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polytricha var. laevior Salm-Dyck ex Labour.
Mammillaria polytricha var. scleracantha Labour.
Mammillaria polytricha var. tetracantha Salm-Dyck
Neomammillaria polyedra (Mart.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria polygona (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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