Taxonomic account

Mammillaria mystax

Mammillaria mystax 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 funkii (Scheidw.) Kuntze
Cactus leucotrichus (Scheidw.) Kuntze
Cactus maschalacanthus (Monv. ex Labour.) Kuntze
Cactus mutabilis (Scheidw.) Kuntze
Cactus mystax (Mart.) Kuntze
Cactus xanthotrichus (Scheidw.) Kuntze
Mammillaria atroflorens Backeb.
Mammillaria autumnalis A.Dietr.
Mammillaria casoi Bravo
Mammillaria crispiseta R.T.Craig
Mammillaria erythra Repp.
Mammillaria erythra f. ruber Repp.
Mammillaria funkii Scheidw.
Mammillaria huajuapensis Bravo
Mammillaria leucocarpa Scheidw. ex Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria leucotricha Scheidw.
Mammillaria maschalacantha Monv. ex Labour.
Mammillaria maschalacantha var. leucotricha (Scheidw.) Monv. ex Labour.
Mammillaria maschalacantha var. xanthotricha (Scheidw.) Monv. ex Labour.
Mammillaria meschalacantha Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria mixtecensis Bravo
Mammillaria mutabilis Scheidw.
Mammillaria mutabilis f. autumnalis (A.Dietr.) Schelle
Mammillaria mutabilis var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria mutabilis var. leucocarpa Schelle
Mammillaria mutabilis var. leucotricha Schelle
Mammillaria mutabilis var. xanthotricha (Scheidw.) Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria senckii C.F.Först.
Mammillaria xanthotricha Scheidw.
Mammillaria xanthotricha var. laevior Salm-Dyck
Neomammillaria mystax (Mart.) 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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