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Mammillaria
Family: Cactaceae
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Thomas Van Devender
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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
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Mammillaria densispina
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Mammillaria denudata
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Mammillaria dioica
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Mammillaria discolor
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Mammillaria dixanthocentron
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Mammillaria dodsonii
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Mammillaria dumetorum
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Mammillaria duoformis
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Mammillaria duwei
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Mammillaria eichlamii
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Mammillaria ekmanii
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Mammillaria elegans
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Mammillaria elephantidens
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Mammillaria elongata
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Mammillaria eriacantha
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Mammillaria erythrosperma
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Mammillaria estebanensis
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Mammillaria evermanniana
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Mammillaria fittkaui
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Mammillaria flavicentra
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Mammillaria formosa
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Mammillaria fragrans
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Mammillaria fraileana
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Mammillaria gabbii
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Mammillaria gasseriana
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Mammillaria gatesii
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Mammillaria gaumeri
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Mammillaria geminispina
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Mammillaria gigantea
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Mammillaria giselae
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Mammillaria glareosa
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Mammillaria glassii
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Mammillaria glochidiata
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Mammillaria goldii
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Mammillaria goodridgei
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Mammillaria gracilis
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Mammillaria graessneriana
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Mammillaria grahamii
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Mammillaria grusonii
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Mammillaria gueldemanniana
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Mammillaria guelzowiana
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Mammillaria guerreronis
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Mammillaria guillauminiana
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Mammillaria guirocobensis
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Mammillaria haageana
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Mammillaria haasii
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Mammillaria hahniana
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Mammillaria halbingeri
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Mammillaria heidiae
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