Taxonomic account

Mammillaria gigantea

Mammillaria gigantea Hildm. ex K.Schum.

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]

Mammillaria armatissima R.T.Craig
Mammillaria flavovirens Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria flavovirens f. cristata (Salm-Dyck) Schelle
Mammillaria flavovirens var. cristata Salm-Dyck
Mammillaria gigantea subsp. flavovirens Rogoz. & Plein
Mammillaria gigantea subsp. hamiltonhoytiae (Bravo) Rogoz. & Plein
Mammillaria guanajuatensis Rudge ex K.Schum.
Mammillaria hamiltonhoytiae (Bravo) Werderm.
Mammillaria hamiltonhoytiae var. fulvaflora R.T.Craig
Mammillaria hamiltonhoytiae var. pilensis (Shurly) Repp.
Mammillaria hastifera Krainz & A.Keller
Mammillaria macdowellii K.Schum.
Mammillaria ocotillensis R.T.Craig
Mammillaria ocotillensis var. brevispina R.T.Craig
Mammillaria ocotillensis var. longispina R.T.Craig
Mammillaria pilensis Shurly ex Eggli
Mammillaria pilensis Shurly
Mammillaria saint-pieana Backeb.
Neomammillaria flavovirens (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria gigantea (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Neomammillaria hamiltonhoytiae Bravo

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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