Taxonomic account

Mammillaria polythele

Mammillaria polythele 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 affinis Kuntze
Cactus crocidatus (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus dolichocentrus (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus hexasanthus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
Cactus niger (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus nudus (DC.) Kuntze
Cactus obconella (Scheidw.) Kuntze
Cactus oothele (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus ovimamma (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus polythele (Mart.) Kuntze
Cactus quadrispinus (Mart.) Kuntze
Cactus rhodeocentrus (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus rosea (Van Houtte) Kuntze
Cactus setosus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze
Cactus tetracanthus (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze
Cactus webbianus (Lem.) Kuntze
Mammillaria affinis DC.
Mammillaria catafracta Mart. ex Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria cataphracta Mart. ex Pfeiff. (spelling variant)
Mammillaria columnaris Mart.
Mammillaria crocidata Lem.
Mammillaria dolichacantha Lem. ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria dolichocentra Lem.
Mammillaria dolichocentra var. galeottii Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria durispina Boed.
Mammillaria echinops Van Houtte
Mammillaria galeottii (Scheidw.) C.F.Först.
Mammillaria hexacantha Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria hexaedra Ser.
Mammillaria hidalgensis J.A.Purpus
Mammillaria hoffmannseggii Hoffmanns.
Mammillaria kelleriana Schmoll
Mammillaria kewensis Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria kewensis var. craigiana F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig
Mammillaria longispina Rchb.
Mammillaria multimamma F.M.Knuth
Mammillaria neophaeacantha Fritz Schwarz
Mammillaria nigra C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria nuda DC.
Mammillaria obconella Scheidw.
Mammillaria obconella var. galeottii Scheidw.
Mammillaria oothele Lem.
Mammillaria ovimamma Lem.
Mammillaria ovimamma var. brevispina Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria ovimamma var. oothele (Lem.) Labour.
Mammillaria polythele f. quadrispina (Mart.) Schelle
Mammillaria polythele subsp. durispina (Boed.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria polythele subsp. obconella (Scheidw.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria polythele var. affinis Schelle
Mammillaria polythele var. columnaris (Mart.) Salm-Dyck ex Walp.
Mammillaria polythele var. hexacantha (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polythele var. latimamma Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polythele var. quadrispina (Mart.) Salm-Dyck ex Walp.
Mammillaria polythele var. setosa (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria polytricha var. hexacantha (Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria quadrispina Mart.
Mammillaria rhodeocentra Lem.
Mammillaria rhodeocentra var. gracillima Scheer
Mammillaria rhodocentra var. gracilispina Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria rigidispina Hildm. ex Quehl
Mammillaria rosea Van Houtte
Mammillaria setosa Pfeiff.
Mammillaria subdurispina Fritz Schwarz
Mammillaria tetracantha Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
Mammillaria webbiana Lem.
Mammillaria webbiana var. longispina Jacobi
Mammillaria xochipilli Repp.
Neomammillaria crocidata (Lem.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria dolichocentra (Lem.) Tiegel
Neomammillaria echinops (Van Houtte) Fosberg
Neomammillaria galeottii (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria hoffmanniana Tiegel
Neomammillaria kewensis (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria polythele (Mart.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria tetracantha (Salm-Dyck 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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