Taxonomic account

Mammillaria spinosissima

Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.

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 actinopleus Kuntze
Cactus amabilis Kuntze
Cactus atrosanguineus Kuntze
Cactus auricomus Kuntze
Cactus auroreus Kuntze
Cactus caronatus Willd.
Cactus eximius Kuntze
Cactus heinei (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus isabellinus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus linkeanus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus mirabilis Kuntze
Cactus polycentrus (A.Berg) Kuntze
Cactus pomaceus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus pretiosus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus pulcherrimus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus umbrinus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus vulpinus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Chilita umbrina (Ehrenb.) Orcutt
Mammillaria actinoplea C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria albiseta C.F.Först. & Rümpler
Mammillaria amabilis C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria atrosanguinea C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria auricoma C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria aurorea A.Dietr.
Mammillaria caesia C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria castaneoides Lem. ex Labour.
Mammillaria centraliplumosa Fittkau
Mammillaria centraliplumosa var. gracilis Repp.
Mammillaria coronaria Haw.
Mammillaria coronaria var. beneckei Schelle
Mammillaria coronaria var. nigra Schelle
Mammillaria coronata G.Don
Mammillaria crassior Repp.
Mammillaria eximia C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria flava C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria gasterantha Repp.
Mammillaria haasii J.Meyrán
Mammillaria heinei C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria hepatica C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria herrmannii C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria herrmannii var. flavicans Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria isabellina C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria linkeana C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria mirabilis C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria neocoronaria F.M.Knuth
Mammillaria pilcayensis Bravo
Mammillaria polyacantha C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria polyactina C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria polycantha Lawr.
Mammillaria polycentra A.Berg
Mammillaria pomacea C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria poselgeriana J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler
Mammillaria pretiosa C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria pretiosa var. cristata Hildm. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler
Mammillaria pruinosa C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria pulcherrima C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria purpurascens C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria sanguinea J.N.Haage ex Regel
Mammillaria seegeri C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria seegeri var. gracilispina Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria seegeri var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Labour.
Mammillaria seegeri var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria spinosissima brunnea Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria spinosissima f. auricoma (Gürke) Schelle
Mammillaria spinosissima f. brunnea (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima f. eximia (Ehrenb.) Schelle
Mammillaria spinosissima f. flavida (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima f. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Schelle
Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubens (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima flavida Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria spinosissima rubens Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. aurorea (A.Dietr.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. castaneoides (Lem. ex Labour.) Borg
Mammillaria spinosissima var. eximia (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. haseloffii Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. hepatica (Ehrenb.) Labour.
Mammillaria spinosissima var. herrmannii (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. linkeana (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. pretiosa (Ehrenb.) Schelle
Mammillaria spinosissima var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. pulcherrima (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. sanguinea (J.N.Haage ex Regel) Brandegee
Mammillaria spinosissima var. seegeri (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria spinosissima var. vulpina (Ehrenb.) Gürke
Mammillaria tomentosa C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria tomentosa var. flava (C.Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria uhdeana Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria umbrina C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria virginis Fittkau & Kladiwa
Mammillaria vulpina C.Ehrenb.
Neomammillaria spinosissima (Lem.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria umbrina (Ehrenb.) 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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