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Mammillaria

Mammillaria
Family: Cactaceae
Mammillaria image
John Alcock
  • FNA
  • Resources
Bruce D. Parfitt & Arthur C. Gibson in Flora of North America (vol. 4)


The greatest diversity in Mammillaria occurs in Mexico, in rocky sites bordering, but not in, semidesert. Some latex-bearing species, such as M. lasiacantha and many Mexican taxa, have their latex ducts deep inside the cortex, not in the tubercles. When preserving specimens outside the flora area, location, color, and viscosity of latex should be carefully recorded after plants have been cut and the latex allowed to ooze from its ducts for a few minutes. The latex ranges from sticky and white to less viscous and translucent. Tubercle length in descriptions refers to the distance the tubercle protrudes or projects outward from the stem axis. Fruits with mature, viable seeds sometimes remain on the plants for months before or after ripening. The time given in each phenology statement refers to the time of first ripening of the fruit (not seeds). Seeds or dried remains of fruits often may be found deep in the axils of the tubercles, hidden by spine clusters or even pulled below the level of the soil.

Species within checklist: NAU-Yuma BSC 414 || << 1 - 50 taxa >>
Mammillaria alamensis
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not available
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Mammillaria albescens
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria albicans
Media resource of Mammillaria albicans
Map not
Available
Mammillaria albicoma
Media resource of Mammillaria albicoma
Map not
Available
Mammillaria albiflora
Media resource of Mammillaria albiflora
Map not
Available
Mammillaria albilanata
Media resource of Mammillaria albilanata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria angelensis
Media resource of Mammillaria angelensis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria anniana
Media resource of Mammillaria anniana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria apamensis
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria arida
Media resource of Mammillaria arida
Map not
Available
Mammillaria armillata
Media resource of Mammillaria armillata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria aureilanata
Media resource of Mammillaria aureilanata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria aurihamata
Media resource of Mammillaria aurihamata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria backebergiana
Media resource of Mammillaria backebergiana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria balsasoides
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria bambusiphila
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria barbata
Media resource of Mammillaria barbata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria baumii
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria baxteriana
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria bella
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria beneckei
Media resource of Mammillaria beneckei
Map not
Available
Mammillaria berkiana
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria blossfeldiana
Media resource of Mammillaria blossfeldiana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria bocasana
Media resource of Mammillaria bocasana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria bocensis
Media resource of Mammillaria bocensis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria boedekeriana
Media resource of Mammillaria boedekeriana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria boelderliana
Media resource of Mammillaria boelderliana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria bombycina
Media resource of Mammillaria bombycina
Map not
Available
Mammillaria boolii
Media resource of Mammillaria boolii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria brachytrichion
Media resource of Mammillaria brachytrichion
Map not
Available
Mammillaria brandegeei
Media resource of Mammillaria brandegeei
Map not
Available
Mammillaria candida
Media resource of Mammillaria candida
Map not
Available
Mammillaria capensis
Media resource of Mammillaria capensis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria carmenae
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria carnea
Media resource of Mammillaria carnea
Map not
Available
Mammillaria carretii
Media resource of Mammillaria carretii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria celsiana
Media resource of Mammillaria celsiana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria centraliplumosa
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria cerralboa
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria chapinensis
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria chiapensis
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria chionocephala
Media resource of Mammillaria chionocephala
Map not
Available
Mammillaria coahuilensis
Media resource of Mammillaria coahuilensis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria columbiana
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria compressa
Media resource of Mammillaria compressa
Map not
Available
Mammillaria crassior
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria crinita
Media resource of Mammillaria crinita
Map not
Available
Mammillaria crucigera
Media resource of Mammillaria crucigera
Map not
Available
Mammillaria dawsonii
Media resource of Mammillaria dawsonii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria decipiens
Media resource of Mammillaria decipiens
Map not
Available
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