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Mammillaria  Haw.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19778

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Krainzia Backeb.
  
    Pseudomammillaria Buxb.
  
    Cochemiea (K. Brandegee) Walton
  
    Cactus L.
  
    Neomammillaria Britton & Rose
  
    Solisia Britton & Rose
  
    Mamillopsis (E. Morren) F.A.C. Weber ex Britton & Rose
  
    Oehmea Buxb.
  
    Mammilloydia Buxb.
  
    Dolichothele (K. Schum.) Britton & Rose
  
    Phellosperma Britton & Rose
  
    Mammillaria scheinvariana R. Ortega V. & Glass
  
    Mammillaria goodridgii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck
  
    Mammillaria hamata Lehm.
  
    Mammillaria mieheana Tiegel
  
    Mammillaria lloydii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
  
  Common Name(s): pincushion cactus [English]
  
    globe cactus [English]
  
    fishhook cactus [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti  
                               GenusMammillaria Haw. – pincushion cactus, globe cactus, fishhook cactus  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Mammillaria albicans (Britton & Rose) A. Berger  
                                  Species Mammillaria albicoma Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria albiflora Backeb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria albilanata Backeb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria anniana Glass & R.A. Foster  
                                  Species Mammillaria armillata K. Brandegee  
                                  Species Mammillaria aureilanata Backeb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria backebergiana Buchenau  
                                  Species Mammillaria barbata Engelm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria baumii Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria beneckei Ehrenb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria berkiana A.B. Lau  
                                  Species Mammillaria blossfeldiana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria bocasana Poselg.  
                                  Species Mammillaria bocensis R.T. Craig  
                                  Species Mammillaria boelderliana Wohlschl.  
                                  Species Mammillaria bombycina Quehl  
                                  Species Mammillaria boolii G.E. Linds.  
                                  Species Mammillaria brandegeei (J.M. Coult.) Engelm. ex K. Brandegee  
                                  Species Mammillaria candida Scheidw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria capensis (H.E. Gates) R.T. Craig  
                                  Species Mammillaria carmenae Castañeda  
                                  Species Mammillaria carnea Zucc. ex Pfeiff.  
                                  Species Mammillaria carretii Rebut ex K. Schum.  
                                  Species Mammillaria cerralboa (Britton & Rose) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria coahuilensis (Boed.) Moran  
                                  Species Mammillaria columbiana Salm-Dyck  
                                  Species Mammillaria compressa DC.  
                                  Species Mammillaria crinita DC.  
                                  Species Mammillaria crucigera Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria decipiens Scheidw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria deherdtiana Farwig  
                                  Species Mammillaria densispina (J.M. Coult.) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria dioica K. Brandegee – Biznaga llavina, strawberry cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria discolor Haw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria dixanthocentron Backeb. ex Mottram  
                                  Species Mammillaria duoformis R.T. Craig & E.Y. Dawson  
                                  Species Mammillaria duwei Rogoz. & P.J. Braun  
                                  Species Mammillaria eichlamii Quehl  
                                  Species Mammillaria ekmanii Werderm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria elongata DC.  
                                  Species Mammillaria eriacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.  
                                  Species Mammillaria erythrosperma Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria evermanniana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria fittkaui Glass & R.A. Foster  
                                  Species Mammillaria flavicentra Backeb. ex Mottram  
                                  Species Mammillaria formosa Scheidw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria gasseriana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria geminispina Haw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria gigantea Hildm. ex K. Schum.  
                                  Species Mammillaria glassii R.A. Foster  
                                  Species Mammillaria glochidiata Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria grahamii Engelm. – Graham's pincushion cactus, Graham's nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria grusonii Runge  
                                  Species Mammillaria guelzowiana Werderm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria guerreronis (Bravo) Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria guillauminiana Backeb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria haageana Pfeiff.  
                                  Species Mammillaria hahniana Werderm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria halbingeri Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria halei Brandegee  
                                  Species Mammillaria hernandezii Glass & R.A. Foster  
                                  Species Mammillaria herrerae Werderm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. – Heyder's pincushion cactus, Biznaga china, little nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria huitzilopochtli D.R. Hunt  
                                  Species Mammillaria humboldtii Ehrenb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria hutchisoniana (H.E. Gates) Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria insularis H.E. Gates  
                                  Species Mammillaria jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria johnstonii Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria karwinskiana Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria klissingiana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria knippeliana Quehl  
                                  Species Mammillaria kraehenbuehlii (Krainz) Krainz  
                                  Species Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm. – small pincushion cactus, Biznaga de espinas pubescentes, lacespine nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria laui D.R. Hunt  
                                  Species Mammillaria lenta K. Brandegee  
                                  Species Mammillaria linaresensis R. Wolf & F. Wolf  
                                  Species Mammillaria longiflora (Britton & Rose) A. Berger  
                                  Species Mammillaria longimamma DC.  
                                  Species Mammillaria luethyi G.S. Hinton  
                                  Species Mammillaria magnifica Buchenau  
                                  Species Mammillaria magnimamma Haw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria mainiae K. Brandegee – Maine pincushion cactus, Biznaga de Nogales, counterclockwise nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H. Karst.  
                                  Species Mammillaria marcosii W.A. Fitz Maur. & B. Fitz Maur.  
                                  Species Mammillaria marksiana Krainz  
                                  Species Mammillaria mathildae Kraehenb. & Krainz  
                                  Species Mammillaria matudae Bravo  
                                  Species Mammillaria mazatlanensis K. Schum. ex Gürke  
                                  Species Mammillaria meiacantha Engelm. – Biznaga de pocas espinas 
                                  Species Mammillaria melaleuca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck  
                                  Species Mammillaria melanocentra Poselg.  
                                  Species Mammillaria mercadensis (Britton & Rose) Patoni  
                                  Species Mammillaria meyranii Bravo  
                                  Species Mammillaria microhelia Werderm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria moelleriana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria morganiana Tiegel  
                                  Species Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii C.F. Först.  
                                  Species Mammillaria multidigitata Radley ex G.E. Linds.  
                                  Species Mammillaria mystax Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria nana Backeb. ex Mottram  
                                  Species Mammillaria napina J.A. Purpus  
                                  Species Mammillaria neopalmeri R.T. Craig  
                                  Species Mammillaria nivosa Link ex Pfeiff. – woolly nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria nunezii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria orcuttii Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria oteroi Glass & R.A. Foster  
                                  Species Mammillaria painteri Rose ex Quehl  
                                  Species Mammillaria parkinsonii Ehrenb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria pectinifera F.A.C. Weber  
                                  Species Mammillaria peninsularis (Britton & Rose) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria pennispinosa Krainz  
                                  Species Mammillaria perbella Hildm. ex K. Schum.  
                                  Species Mammillaria petrophila K. Brandegee  
                                  Species Mammillaria petterssonii Hildm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria phitauiana (E.M. Baxter) Werderm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria picta Meinsh.  
                                  Species Mammillaria pilispina J.A. Purpus  
                                  Species Mammillaria plumosa F.A.C. Weber  
                                  Species Mammillaria polyedra Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria polythele Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria pondii Greene  
                                  Species Mammillaria poselgeri Hildm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck – Biznaga de Potts, rattail nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria pringlei (J.M. Coult.) K. Brandegee  
                                  Species Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw. – Biznaga prolifera, Texas nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria rekoi (Britton & Rose) Vaupel  
                                  Species Mammillaria rettigiana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto  
                                  Species Mammillaria roseoalba Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria saboae Glass  
                                  Species Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae Rodr. González  
                                  Species Mammillaria sartorii J.A. Purpus  
                                  Species Mammillaria schiedeana Ehrenb.  
                                  Species Mammillaria schumannii Hildm.  
                                  Species Mammillaria schwarzii Shurly  
                                  Species Mammillaria scrippsiana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria sempervivi DC.  
                                  Species Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck  
                                  Species Mammillaria sinistrohamata Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria sonorensis R.T. Craig  
                                  Species Mammillaria sphacelata Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria sphaerica A. Dietr. – Biznaga esférica, longmamma nipple cactus, longspine nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.  
                                  Species Mammillaria standleyi (Britton & Rose) Orcutt  
                                  Species Mammillaria supertexta Mart. ex Pfeiff.  
                                  Species Mammillaria surculosa Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria tayloriorum Glass & R.A. Foster  
                                  Species Mammillaria tetrancistra Engelm. – corkseed pincushion cactus, Biznaga de cuatro ganchos, common fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria theresae Cutak  
                                  Species Mammillaria thornberi Orcutt – Thornber's pincushion cactus, Biznaga de Thornber, Thornber's nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria tonalensis D.R. Hunt  
                                  Species Mammillaria uncinata Zucc. ex Pfeiff.  
                                  Species Mammillaria varieaculeata Buchenau  
                                  Species Mammillaria vetula Mart.  
                                  Species Mammillaria viridiflora (Britton & Rose) Cory – Biznaga de flor verde, greenflower nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria wagneriana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria weingartiana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria wiesingeri Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria winterae Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria wrightii Engelm. – Wright's pincushion cactus, Biznaga de Wright, Wright's nipple cactus 
                                  Species Mammillaria xaltianguensis Sánchez-Mej.  
                                  Species Mammillaria zeilmanniana Boed.  
                                  Species Mammillaria zephyranthoides Scheidw.  
                                  Species Mammillaria zublerae Repp.  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.  
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Mammillaria    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mammillaria   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Mammillaria   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Mammillaria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hunt, David  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The New Cactus Lexicon: Text   
  Page(s): x + 373   
  Publisher: dh books   
  Publication Place: Milborne Port, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9538134-5-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mammillaria   
       

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