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Mammillaria

Mammillaria
Family: Cactaceae
Mammillaria image
Liz Makings
  • 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 || << 51 - 100 taxa >>
Mammillaria deherdtiana
Media
not available
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Mammillaria densispina
Media resource of Mammillaria densispina
Map not
Available
Mammillaria denudata
Media resource of Mammillaria denudata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria dioica
Media resource of Mammillaria dioica
Map not
Available
Mammillaria discolor
Media resource of Mammillaria discolor
Map not
Available
Mammillaria dixanthocentron
Media resource of Mammillaria dixanthocentron
Map not
Available
Mammillaria dodsonii
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria dumetorum
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria duoformis
Media resource of Mammillaria duoformis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria duwei
Media resource of Mammillaria duwei
Map not
Available
Mammillaria eichlamii
Media resource of Mammillaria eichlamii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria ekmanii
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria elegans
Media resource of Mammillaria elegans
Map not
Available
Mammillaria elephantidens
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria elongata
Media resource of Mammillaria elongata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria eriacantha
Media resource of Mammillaria eriacantha
Map not
Available
Mammillaria erythrosperma
Media resource of Mammillaria erythrosperma
Map not
Available
Mammillaria estebanensis
Media resource of Mammillaria estebanensis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria evermanniana
Media resource of Mammillaria evermanniana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria fittkaui
Media resource of Mammillaria fittkaui
Map not
Available
Mammillaria flavicentra
Media resource of Mammillaria flavicentra
Map not
Available
Mammillaria formosa
Media resource of Mammillaria formosa
Map not
Available
Mammillaria fragrans
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria fraileana
Media resource of Mammillaria fraileana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gabbii
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gasseriana
Media resource of Mammillaria gasseriana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gatesii
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gaumeri
Media resource of Mammillaria gaumeri
Map not
Available
Mammillaria geminispina
Media resource of Mammillaria geminispina
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gigantea
Media resource of Mammillaria gigantea
Map not
Available
Mammillaria giselae
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria glareosa
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not available
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Available
Mammillaria glassii
Media resource of Mammillaria glassii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria glochidiata
Media resource of Mammillaria glochidiata
Map not
Available
Mammillaria goldii
Media resource of Mammillaria goldii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria goodridgei
Media resource of Mammillaria goodridgei
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gracilis
Media resource of Mammillaria gracilis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria graessneriana
Media resource of Mammillaria graessneriana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria grahamii
Media resource of Mammillaria grahamii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria grusonii
Media resource of Mammillaria grusonii
Map not
Available
Mammillaria gueldemanniana
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria guelzowiana
Media resource of Mammillaria guelzowiana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria guerreronis
Media resource of Mammillaria guerreronis
Map not
Available
Mammillaria guillauminiana
Media resource of Mammillaria guillauminiana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria guirocobensis
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria haageana
Media resource of Mammillaria haageana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria haasii
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not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria hahniana
Media resource of Mammillaria hahniana
Map not
Available
Mammillaria halbingeri
Media
not available
Map not
Available
Mammillaria heidiae
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not available
Map not
Available
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