Taxonomic account

Mammillaria uncinata

Mammillaria uncinata Zucc. ex Pfeiff.

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 bihamatus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze
Cactus uncinatus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze
Mammillaria adunca Scheidw. ex C.F.Först.
Mammillaria bihamata Pfeiff.
Mammillaria lloydii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
Mammillaria uncinata var. bihamata (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Mammillaria uncinata var. biuncinata Lem.
Mammillaria uncinata var. rhodantha A.Dietr.
Mammillaria uncinata var. spinosior Lem.
Neomammillaria lloydii Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria uncinata (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) 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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