Taxonomic account

Mammillaria senilis

Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck

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]

Cochemiea senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) Orcutt
Mamillopsis diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
Mamillopsis senilis (Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck) F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose
Mammillaria diguetii (F.A.C.Weber) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria haseloffii C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria linkei C.Ehrenb. ex Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria senilis var. diguetii F.A.C.Weber
Mammillaria senilis var. haseloffii (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck

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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