Taxonomic account

Mammillaria mammillaris

Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H.Karst.

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 conicus (Haw.) Kuntze
Cactus mammillaris L.
Cactus mammillaris var. glaber DC.
Cactus mammillaris var. lanuginosus DC.
Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer Aiton
Cactus microthele Spreng.
Cactus obvallatus (Otto) Kuntze
Cactus parvimamma (Haw.) Kuntze
Mammillaria caracassana Otto ex Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria conica Haw.
Mammillaria fuliginosa Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria micrantha C.F.Först. & Rümpler
Mammillaria obvallata Otto
Mammillaria parvimamma Haw.
Mammillaria pseudosimplex W.Haage & Backeb.
Mammillaria simplex Haw.
Mammillaria simplex var. albidispina Backeb.
Mammillaria simplex var. flavescens K.Schum.
Mammillaria simplex var. parvimamma (Haw.) Lem.
Neomammillaria mammillaris (L.) 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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