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Mammillaria

The genus Mammillaria is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Mammillaria

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Mammillaria albicans (Britton & Rose) A. Berger Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria albicoma Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria albiflora Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria albilanata Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria amajacensis Brachet & M. Lacoste Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria anniana Glass & R.C. Foster Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria armillata K. Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria aureilanata Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria aurihamata Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria backebergiana F.G. Buchenau Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria barbata Engelm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria baumii Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria beneckei Ehrenb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria berkiana A.B. Lau Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria blossfeldiana Boed. Accepted L TRO
Mammillaria bocasana Poselger Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria bocensis Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria boelderliana Wohlschl. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria bombycina Quehl Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria boolii G.E. Linds. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria brandegeei (J.M. Coult.) K. Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria capensis (H.E. Gates) Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria carmenae Castañeda Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria carnea Zucc. ex Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria carretii Rebut ex K. Schum. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria cerralboa (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria chionocephala J.A. Purpus Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria coahuilensis (Boed.) Moran Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria columbiana Salm-Dyck Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Mammillaria compressa DC. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria crinita DC. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria crucigera Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria decipiens Scheidw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria deherdtiana Farwig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria densispina (J.M. Coult.) Orcutt Accepted L TRO
Mammillaria dioica K. Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria discolor Haw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria dixanthocentron Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria duoformis R.T. Craig & E.Y. Dawson Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria duwei Rogoz. & Appenz. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria elongata DC. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria eriacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria erythrosperma Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria evermanniana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria fittkaui Glass & R.C. Foster Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria flavescens (DC.) Pfeiff. Accepted L TRO
Mammillaria formosa Galeotti ex Scheidw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria gaumeri (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria geminispina Haw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria gigantea Hildm. ex K. Schum. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria glassii R.A. Foster Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria glochidiata Mart. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Mammillaria goodridgii Scheer Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria gracilis Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria grahamii Engelm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria grusonii Runge Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria guelzowiana Werderm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria guerreronis (Bravo) Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria guillauminiana Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Mammillaria haageana Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria hahniana Werderm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria hamata Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria heidiae Krainz Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria hernandezii Glass & R.C. Foster Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria herrerae Werderm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria hertrichiana R.T. Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli D.R. Hunt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria humboldtii Ehrenb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria hutchisoniana (H.E. Gates) Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria insularis H.E. Gates Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria johnstonii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria karwinskiana Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria klissingiana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria knippeliana Quehl Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria kraehenbuehlii (Krainz) Krainz Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria lanata Orcutt Accepted L TRO
Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria laui D.R. Hunt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria lenta K. Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria lindsayi R.T. Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria lloydii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria longicoma (Britton & Rose) A. Berger Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria longiflora (Britton & Rose) A. Berger Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria longimamma DC. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria luethyi G.S. Hinton Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria magallanii Schmoll ex R.T. Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria magnifica F.G. Buchenau Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria magnimamma Haw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mainiae K. Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H.Karst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Mammillaria marksiana Krainz Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mathildae Kraehenb. & Krainz Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria matudae Bravo Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mazatlanensis K. Schum. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria melaleuca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria melanocentra Poselger Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mercadensis Patoni Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria meyranii Bravo Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria microhelia Werderm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria miegiana W. Earle Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mieheana Tiegel Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria moelleriana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria multidigitata W.T. Marshall ex Linds. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria multihamata Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria mystax Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria nana Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria napina J.A. Purpus Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria neopalmeri R.T. Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria nunezii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria orcuttii Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria ortegae (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria oteroi Glass & R. Foster Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria pachycylindrica Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria parkinsonii Ehrenb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria pectinifera F.A.C. Weber Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria peninsularis (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria pennispinosa Krainz Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria perbella Hildm. ex K. Schum. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria perezdelarosae Bravo & Scheinvar Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria petrophila K. Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria petterssonii Hildm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria picta Meinsh. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria pilispina J.A. Purpus Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria plumosa F.A.C. Weber Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria polyedra Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria polythele Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria pseudocrucigera R.T. Craig Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria rekoi Vaupel Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria rettigiana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria roseoalba Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria saboae Glass Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae R. Gonzalez G. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sartorii J.A.Purpus Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Mammillaria schiedeana Ehrenb. ex Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria schumannii Hildm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria schwarzii Shurly Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria scrippsiana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sempervivi DC. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sheldonii (Britton & Rose) Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sinistrohamata Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria solisioides Backeb. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sphacelata Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria sphaerica A. Dietr. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria standleyi (Britton & Rose) Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria stella-de-tacubaya Heese Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria supertexta Mart. ex Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria surculosa Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria tayloriorum Glass & R.A. Foster Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria tepexicensis J. Meyrán Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria tetrancistra Engelm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria theresae Cutak Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria thornberi Orcutt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria tonalensis D.R. Hunt Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria uncinata Zucc. ex Pfeiff. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria varieaculeata Buchenau Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria verhaertiana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria vetula Mart. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria viescensis Rogoz. & Appenz. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria voburnensis Scheer Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria wagneriana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria weingartiana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria wiesingeri Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria winterae Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria wrightii Engelm. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria xaltianguensis Sánchez-Mej. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria zeilmanniana Boed. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria zephyranthoides Scheidw. Accepted M TRO
Mammillaria zeyeriana Haage ex K. Schum. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,095 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Mammillaria. Of these 176 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 263 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Mammillaria. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,095 species names for the genus Mammillaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 176 16.1%
Synonym 497 45.4%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 422 38.5%

All names

The status of the 1,358 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Mammillaria recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 302 22.2%
Synonym 626 46.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 430 31.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 1,095 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Mammillaria, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 171 313 0 0 484 44.2%
Low confidence 5 184 0 422 611 55.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Mammillaria, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 171 492 0 15 0 678 61.9%
WCSP (in review) 5 5 0 407 0 417 38.1%