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Mammillaria Haw.

This genus name was first published in Syn. Pl. Succ.: 177. 1812.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000022997.

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Synonyms of Mammillaria

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mammillaria subg. Dolichothele K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 506. 1897–1899. — wfo-3500004016
Bartschella Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 57. 1923. — wfo-4000004158
Cactus L. Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753. wfo-4000005891
Chilita Orcutt in Cactography 2: . 1926. wfo-4000007870
Dolichothele Britton & Rose Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 61 (1923) wfo-4000012377
Ebnerella Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 88. 1951. wfo-4000012871
Escobariopsis Doweld in Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 23. 2000. wfo-4000014029
Haagea Frič in Život v Přír. 29: 36–37. 1925. wfo-4000016629
Krainzia Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 11, 22, genus 174. 1938. wfo-4000020205
Leptocladia Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 82. 1951. wfo-4000021245
Leptocladodia Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 101: . 1954. wfo-4000021248
Mamillopsis Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 19. 1923. wfo-4000022993
Mammilloydia Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 64. 1951. wfo-4000022998
Neomammillaria Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 65. 1923. wfo-4000025760
Oehmea Buxb. in Sukkulentenkunde 4: 17. 1951. wfo-4000026644
Phellosperma Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 60. 1923. — wfo-4000029182
Porfiria Boed. in Z. Sukkulentenk. 2(13): . 1926. wfo-4000030936
Pseudomammillaria Buxb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 84. 1951. wfo-4000031586
Solisia Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 64. 1923. wfo-4000035735
Lactomamillaria Frič in Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 133. 1924. — wfo-4000042532
Mammariella Shafer in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 139. 1913. wfo-4000042536

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Mammillaria:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria acifer Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 109. 1856. — wfo-0001262421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria adicantissima Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 164. 1912. wfo-0000369635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria albicans subsp. slevinii (Boed.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 139 2024 wfo-1200109495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria aloides Monv. ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 153. 1853. — wfo-0000369648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria ambigua G.Don ex Loudon Hort. Brit.: 194. 1830. wfo-0000369649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria argentea Fennel in Otto & A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 65. 1847. wfo-0001288705
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria badispina C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 159. 1861. wfo-0000369665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria bergenii Ehrenb. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 326. 1849. wfo-0000369604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria bergii Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 104. 1840. wfo-0000369611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria bifurca A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 18: 186. 1850. wfo-0000369623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria binops J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria breviseta Ehrenb. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 251. 1849. — wfo-0001288723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria brevispina Boed. in Z. Sukkulentenk.: 289. 1928. wfo-0000369626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria caespiticia Gerst. Gartenbeobachter 4: 22 1840 wfo-1000075781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria canescens Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 89. 1856. wfo-0000369898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria cantera J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. — wfo-0000369900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria castaneoides Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 5. 1845. wfo-0000369899
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria cataphracta Mart. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 11. 1837. wfo-0000369928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria caudata G.Don ex Loudon Hort. Brit.: 194. 1830. wfo-0000369930
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria circumtexta Mart. Hort. Reg. Monac.: 127. 1829. wfo-0000369919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria citrina Scheidw. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 518. 1846. wfo-0000369926
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria columnaroides Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 314. 1841. wfo-0000369895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria confinis J.N.Haage ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 289. 1843. — wfo-0000369881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria contacta H.L.Wendl. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria convoluta St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130. 1880. wfo-0000369886
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria corioides Bosch ex Sweet Hort. Brit.: 281. 1839. wfo-0000369959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria coryphides Forbes ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. — wfo-0000369964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria crinigera Otto ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000367922
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria cuneiflora Hitchen ex J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 149. 1837. — wfo-0000369979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria cylindrica Hitchen ex J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 149. 1837. — wfo-0000369976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria cylindrica Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 429. 1830. — wfo-0000369981
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria decora C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 159. 1861. wfo-0000369971
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria deliusiana Shurly in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 10: 92. 1948. wfo-0000369974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria demonoceras A.Cels & F.Cels Ann. Fl. Pomone 6: 294 (1838) wfo-1000057535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria demonoceras var. impexicoma (Lem. ex C.F.Först.) A.Cels & F.Cels Ann. Fl. Pomone 6: 295 (1838) wfo-1200069302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria dichotoma Sweet Hort. Brit.: 281. 1839. wfo-0000369938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria dichotoma hort. ex J.Forbes J. Hort. Tour Germany: 149. 1837. wfo-0001302892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria dietrichii Tiegel in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 48: 413. 1933. wfo-0000378131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria divaricata J.Forbes J. Hort. Tour Germany: 149. 1837. wfo-0001302925
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria echinoides Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 42. 1913. wfo-0000369788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria emundtsiana Hort. ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 341. 1885. — wfo-0000369798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria enneacantha Otto ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria eriantha Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 32. 1837. wfo-0000369806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria esshaussierii Frič – — wfo-0001434879
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria euacantha Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1943-1944: 101. 1944. wfo-0001431930
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria eucantha Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1943-1944: 101. 1944. wfo-0000378137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria falsicrucigera Backeb. Cactaceae 6: 3895. 1962. wfo-0000369800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria flavicoma Hort. ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 298. 1885. — wfo-0000369773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria fortispina Shurly in Cact. J. (Croydon) 4: 11. 1935. wfo-0000378139
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria grandis Hitchen ex J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 149. 1837. — wfo-0000369875
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria guameri Orcutt – — wfo-0001288407
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria haseloffii C.Ehrenb. Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 303 (1849) wfo-1000081099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria helicteres DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 31. 1828. wfo-0000369816
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria heteracentra Otto ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria hexaedra Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 239 1847 wfo-1000057596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria hoolii Linds. – — wfo-0001248754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria hyatricina Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 314. 1841. — wfo-0000369840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria intricata Otto ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria joossensiana Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 95. 1908. wfo-0000369219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria karstenii Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 95. 1853. wfo-0000369224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria lamprochaeta Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 82. 1856. wfo-0000369240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria lemaireana Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 252 1847 wfo-1000057597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria leucocephala Schmoll ex Backeb. Cactaceae 5: 3479. 1961. wfo-0000369213
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria lhuajuapensis Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 25: 536. 1954. wfo-0000369215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria lutescens J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ.: 149. 1837. wfo-0000369260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria mamillaria Scheeren – — wfo-0001288963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria melanacantha Hort. ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 386. 1885. — wfo-0000369299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria melispina Werderm. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 226. 1934. wfo-0000369301
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria microthele Mart. Hort. Reg. Monac.: 127. 1829. wfo-0000369262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria miqueliana Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria mitis Mill. in: Candolle, A.P. de, Prodr. 3: 460. 1828. wfo-0001288869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria monocentra Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 90. 1856. wfo-0000369266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria multicentralis R.T.Craig Mammill. Handb.: 313. 1945. wfo-0000369267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria multiradiata Mart. Hort. Reg. Monac.: 127. 1829. wfo-0000369272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria nana subsp. leucantha (Boed.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 34(121): 86. 2022 [Oct 2022 publ. 11 Nov 2022] [epublished] wfo-1200029833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria neumannii Regel ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 270. 1885. — wfo-0000369123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria nicholsonii Anon. in J. Hort. Home Farm., ser. III 60: 7. 1910. — wfo-0000369124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria nivea subsp. leucocentra (A.Berg) Rudzinski Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 48(3): 148 (2024) wfo-1200110080
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria nolascana Radley in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 12: 5. 1940. wfo-0000369137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria obscurispina Graessner Kakt. Sukkulenten Hamptverzeichnis 1937, 8, nomen. wfo-1000075474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria occulta Zamudio & U.Guzmán Polibotanica 44: 5. 2017 [Jul 2017] wfo-1000043436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria ortegae (Britton & Rose) Orcutt in Cactography 8: . 1926. — wfo-0001286253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria pachythele Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 17. 1850. wfo-0000369106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria phaeotricha Monv. ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 39. 1853. wfo-0001288906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria picturata Labour. in Rev. Hort. (Paris) sér. 4, 4: 28. 1855. wfo-0000369148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria procurva Sencke in Blumen-Zeitung 27: 241. 1854. wfo-0001432159
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria pulcherrima hort. ex J.Forbes J. Hort. Tour Germany: 149. 1837. wfo-0001302873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria purpurea C.Ehrenb. Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 270 (1849) wfo-1000081100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria pyramidalis Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 429. 1830. — wfo-0000369830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria pyrrhacantha Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria quadrata G.Don ex Loudon Hort. Brit.: 194. 1830. wfo-0000369833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria roseocentra Boed. & F.Ritter Kaktus-ABC: 382. 1935. — wfo-0000369161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria rueschiana Regel Index Sem. (Zurich) Coll.: p. 4. 1850. wfo-0001288950
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria rzedowskiana Zamudio & U.Guzmán Polibotanica 44: 3. 2017 [Jul 2017] wfo-1000043435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria salmiana Fennel ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 254. 1846. wfo-0000369166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria saltillensis Boed. in Z. Sukkulentenk.: 270. 1928. wfo-0000369167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae subsp. breviplumosa (García-Mor., Ramírez-Chap., Sigala-Chav. & Iamonico) Guiggi – — wfo-1200097363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae subsp. sanchez-mejoradae – – — wfo-1200098153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria schiedeana C.Ehrenb. ex Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 275 (1838) wfo-1200111923
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Mammillaria schmerwitzii J.N.Haage ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 270. 1885. wfo-0000369472