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Mammillaria compressa

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Mammillaria compressa DC.

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 cirrhifer (Mart.) Kuntze
  • Cactus conopseus (Van Houtte) Kuntze
  • Cactus longisetus (Muehlenpf.) Kuntze
  • Cactus squarrosus (Meinsh.) Kuntze
  • Cactus subangularis (DC.) Kuntze
  • Cactus triacanthus (DC.) Kuntze
  • Mammillaria angularis Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.
  • Mammillaria angularis f. fulvispina (K.Schum.) Schelle
  • Mammillaria angularis f. longiseta (Muehlenpf.) Schelle
  • Mammillaria angularis f. triacantha (DC.) Schelle
  • Mammillaria angularis var. compressa K.Schum.
  • Mammillaria angularis var. fulvescens Salm-Dyck
  • Mammillaria angularis var. fulvispina K.Schum.
  • Mammillaria angularis var. longiseta (Muehlenpf.) Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum.
  • Mammillaria angularis var. triacantha (DC.) Salm-Dyck
  • Mammillaria bernalensis Repp.
  • Mammillaria centralifera Repp.
  • Mammillaria cirrhifera Mart.
  • Mammillaria cirrhifera var. angulosior Lem.
  • Mammillaria cirrhifera var. longiseta (Muehlenpf.) Salm-Dyck
  • Mammillaria cirrifera Salm-Dyck
  • Mammillaria compressa subsp. centralifera (Repp.) D.R.Hunt
  • Mammillaria conopsea Van Houtte
  • Mammillaria conopsea var. longispina Scheidw.
  • Mammillaria esseriana Boed.
  • Mammillaria kleinschmidtiana Zeiss.
  • Mammillaria longiseta Muehlenpf.
  • Mammillaria oettingenii Zeiss.
  • Mammillaria plinthimorpha Jacobi
  • Mammillaria squarrosa Meinsh.
  • Mammillaria subangularis DC.
  • Mammillaria subcirrhifera C.F.Först.
  • Mammillaria tolimensis R.T.Craig
  • Mammillaria tolimensis var. brevispina R.T.Craig
  • Mammillaria tolimensis var. longispina R.T.Craig
  • Mammillaria tolimensis var. subuncinata R.T.Craig
  • Mammillaria triacantha DC.
  • Neomammillaria compressa (DC.) 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]