Taxonomic account

Mammillaria mercadensis

Mammillaria mercadensis Patoni

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]

Chilita gilensis (Boed.) Buxb.
Chilita jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Chilita mercadensis (Patoni) Orcutt
Chilita posseltiana (Boed.) Buxb.
Chilita rettigiana (Boed.) Buxb.
Ebnerella gilensis (Boed.) Buxb.
Ebnerella jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Buxb.
Ebnerella mercadensis (Patoni) Buxb.
Ebnerella posseltiana (Boed.) Buxb.
Ebnerella rettigiana (Boed.) Buxb.
Escobariopsis jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Doweld
Escobariopsis jaliscana subsp. zacatecasensis (Shurly) Doweld
Escobariopsis mercadensis (Patoni) Doweld
Escobariopsis rettigiana (Boed.) Doweld
Mammillaria berkiana A.B.Lau
Mammillaria brachytrichion Lüthy
Mammillaria flavihamata Backeb.
Mammillaria fuscohamata Backeb. ex Repp.
Mammillaria gilensis Boed.
Mammillaria guillauminiana Backeb.
Mammillaria jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Boed.
Mammillaria jaliscana subsp. zacatecasensis (Shurly) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria kleiniorum Appenz.
Mammillaria mercadensis var. guillauminiana (Backeb.) Repp.
Mammillaria ocamponis Ochot.
Mammillaria pennispinosa subsp. brachytrichion (Lüthy) U.Guzmán
Mammillaria posseltiana Boed.
Mammillaria rettigiana Boed.
Mammillaria zacatecasensis Shurly
Neomammillaria jaliscana Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria mercadensis (Patoni) 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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