The genus
Mammillaria in the family
Cactaceae was proposed by
Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1812. and conserved
Mammillaria.
Mammillaria is a large and diverse genus with many species often exhibiting variations due to the nature of terrain, weather, soil and other ecological factors. As a result, subdivisions within the species has been rather inconsistent over time. Initially, some investigators were more inclined to consider each variation as a unique species, creating confusion and long synonymy-lists for some of the species.
Species ,
Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: •
Mammillaria albicoma Boed. •
Mammillaria albiflora (Werderm.) Backeb. •
Mammillaria albilanata Backeb. •
Mammillaria anniana Glass & R.A.Foster •
Mammillaria arreolae P.Carrillo & Ortiz-Brunel •
Mammillaria aureilanata Backeb. •
Mammillaria backebergiana Franc.G.Buchenau •
Mammillaria baumii Boed. •
Mammillaria beiselii Diers •
Mammillaria beneckei C.Ehrenb. •
Mammillaria bertholdii Linzen •
Mammillaria bocasana Poselg. •
Mammillaria bocensis R.T.Craig •
Mammillaria boelderliana Wohlschl. •
Mammillaria bombycina Quehl – silken pincushion •
Mammillaria brandegeei (J.M.Coult.) Engelm. ex K.Brandegee •
Mammillaria candida Scheidw. •
Mammillaria carmeniae Castañeda •
Mammillaria carnea Zucc. ex Pfeiff. •
Mammillaria carretii Rebut ex K.Schum. •
Mammillaria chionocephala J.A.Purpus •
Mammillaria coahuilensis (Boed.) Moran •
Mammillaria columbiana Salm-Dyck •
Mammillaria compressa DC. – mother of hundreds •
Mammillaria crinita DC. – rose pincushion cactus •
Mammillaria crucigera Mart. •
Mammillaria decipiens Scheidw. •
Mammillaria deherdtiana Farwig •
Mammillaria densispina (J.M.Coult.) Orcutt •
Mammillaria discolor Haw. •
Mammillaria dixanthocentron Backeb. ex Mottram •
Mammillaria duoformis R.T.Craig & E.Y.Dawson •
Mammillaria duwei Rogoz. & P.J.Braun •
Mammillaria ekmanii Werderm. •
Mammillaria elongata DC. – ladyfinger cactus •
Mammillaria eriacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff. •
Mammillaria erythrosperma Boed. •
Mammillaria evermanniana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt •
Mammillaria fittkaui Glass & R.A.Foster •
Mammillaria flavicentra Backeb. ex Mottram •
Mammillaria formosa Galeotti ex Scheidw. •
Mammillaria × gajii Chvastek & Halda •
Mammillaria gasseriana Boed. •
Mammillaria geminispina Haw. – twin-spined cactus •
Mammillaria gigantea Hildm. ex K.Schum. •
Mammillaria glassii R.A.Foster •
Mammillaria glochidiata Mart. •
Mammillaria grusonii Runge •
Mammillaria guerreronis (Bravo) Boed. •
Mammillaria haageana Pfeiff. •
Mammillaria hahniana Werderm. – old lady cactus •
Mammillaria hernandezii Glass & R.A.Foster •
Mammillaria herrerae Werderm. •
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. •
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli D.R.Hunt •
Mammillaria humboldtii C.Ehrenb. •
Mammillaria johnstonii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt •
Mammillaria karwinskiana Mart. – royal cross mammillaria •
Mammillaria klissingiana Boed. •
Mammillaria knippeliana Quehl •
Mammillaria kraehenbuehlii (Krainz) Krainz •
Mammillaria lasiacantha Engelm. – golf-ball pincushion cactus •
Mammillaria laui D.R.Hunt •
Mammillaria lenta K.Brandegee •
Mammillaria limonensis Repp. •
Mammillaria linaresensis R.Wolf & F.Wolf •
Mammillaria longiflora (Britton & Rose) A.Berger •
Mammillaria longimamma DC. – finger cactus •
Mammillaria luethyi G.S.Hinton •
Mammillaria magnifica Franc.G.Buchenau •
Mammillaria magnimamma Haw. – Mexican pincushion •
Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H.Karst. •
Mammillaria manana W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur. •
Mammillaria marksiana Krainz – cabeza de viejo •
Mammillaria mathildae Kraehenb. & Krainz •
Mammillaria matudae Bravo •
Mammillaria meiacantha Engelm. •
Mammillaria melaleuca Karw. ex Salm-Dyck •
Mammillaria melanocentra Poselg. •
Mammillaria mercadensis Patoni •
Mammillaria meyranii Bravo •
Mammillaria microhelia Werderm. •
Mammillaria moelleriana Boed. •
Mammillaria monochrysacantha Gonz.-Zam., D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez •
Mammillaria morentiniana Gonz.-Zam., D.Aquino, J.Mohl & Dan.Sánchez •
Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii C.F.Först. •
Mammillaria multihamata Boed. •
Mammillaria mystax Mart. •
Mammillaria nana Backeb. •
Mammillaria napina J.A.Purpus •
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex Pfeiff. – woolly nipple cactus •
Mammillaria nunezii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt •
Mammillaria occulta Zamudio & U.Guzmán •
Mammillaria orcuttii Boed. •
Mammillaria oteroi Glass & R.A.Foster •
Mammillaria painteri Rose •
Mammillaria parkinsonii C.Ehrenb. – owl's eyes •
Mammillaria pectinifera F.A.C.Weber – conchilinque •
Mammillaria peninsularis (Britton & Rose) Orcutt •
Mammillaria pennispinosa Krainz •
Mammillaria perbella Hildm. ex K.Schum. •
Mammillaria perezdelarosae Bravo & Scheinvar •
Mammillaria petrophila K.Brandegee •
Mammillaria petterssonii Hildm. •
Mammillaria picta Meinsh. •
Mammillaria pilispina J.A.Purpus •
Mammillaria plumosa F.A.C.Weber – feather cactus •
Mammillaria polyedra Mart. •
Mammillaria polythele Mart. •
Mammillaria pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck – rattail cactus •
Mammillaria pringlei (J.M.Coult.) K.Brandegee •
Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw. – Texas nipple cactus •
Mammillaria rekoi (Britton & Rose) Vaupel •
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto – rainbow pincushion •
Mammillaria roseoalba Boed. •
Mammillaria rzedowskiana Zamudio & U.Guzmán •
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae Rodr.González •
Mammillaria sartorii J.A.Purpus •
Mammillaria scheinvariana R.Ortega V. & Glass •
Mammillaria schiedeana C.Ehrenb. •
Mammillaria schwarzii Shurly •
Mammillaria scrippsiana (Britton & Rose) Orcutt •
Mammillaria sempervivi DC. •
Mammillaria senilis Lodd. ex Salm-Dyck •
Mammillaria sinistrohamata Boed. •
Mammillaria solisioides Backeb. •
Mammillaria sonorensis R.T.Craig •
Mammillaria sphacelata Mart. •
Mammillaria sphaerica A.Dietr. •
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem. •
Mammillaria standleyi (Britton & Rose) Orcutt •
Mammillaria supertexta Mart. ex Pfeiff. •
Mammillaria surculosa Boed. •
Mammillaria tayloriorum Glass & R.A.Foster •
Mammillaria tepexicensis J.Meyrán •
Mammillaria tonalensis D.R.Hunt •
Mammillaria uncinata Zucc. ex Pfeiff. •
Mammillaria varieaculeata Franc.G.Buchenau •
Mammillaria vetula Mart. •
Mammillaria voburnensis Scheer •
Mammillaria wagneriana Boed. •
Mammillaria weingartiana Boed. •
Mammillaria wiesingeri Boed. •
Mammillaria winterae Boed. •
Mammillaria xaltianguensis Sánchez-Mej. •
Mammillaria zeilmanniana Boed. •
Mammillaria zephyranthoides Scheidw. •
Mammillaria zublerae Repp.
Some former species •
Mammillaria angelensis =
Cochemiea angelensis •
Mammillaria barbata =
Cochemiea barbata •
Mammillaria boolii =
Cochemiea boolii •
Mammillaria dioica =
Cochemiea dioica •
Mammillaria elegans =
Mammillaria geminispina •
Mammillaria fraileana =
Cochemiea fraileana •
Mammillaria goodridgei =
Cochemiea goodridgei •
Mammillaria grahamii =
Cochemiea grahamii •
Mammillaria guelzowiana =
Cochemiea guelzowiana •
Mammillaria mainiae =
Cochemiea mainiae •
Mammillaria marcosii =
Mammillaria multihamata •
Mammillaria microthele =
Mammillaria formosa subsp.
microthele •
Mammillaria morganiana =
Mammillaria parkinsonii •
Mammillaria multidigitata =
Cochemiea multidigitata •
Mammillaria pondii =
Cochemiea pondii •
Mammillaria sheldonii =
Cochemiea grahamii •
Mammillaria tetrancistra =
Cochemiea tetrancistra •
Mammillaria thornberi =
Cochemiea thornberi •
Mammillaria wrightii =
Cochemiea wrightii File:Pincushion_Cactus_Cluster_Sahuarita_Arizona_2013.jpg|
Mammillaria cluster in Arizona. File:Mammillaria bombycina11.JPG|
Mammillaria bombycina File:Mammillaria elongata 7.JPG|
Mammillaria elongata File:Mammillaria meicantha Engelm.PNG|
Mammillaria meiacantha, photographed at
Bedugul Botanical Garden,
Bali,
Indonesia File:Mammillaria microhelia 11.JPG|
Mammillaria microhelia File:Mammillaria plumosa 3.JPG|
Mammillaria plumosa File:Mammillaria prolifera20100407 076.jpg|
Mammillaria prolifera File:Mammillaria (aka).jpg|
Mammillaria spinosissima 'Un Pico' File:Succu Mammillaria swinglei 01.jpg|
Mammillaria sheldonii File:Mammillaria_tetrancistra.JPG|
Mammillaria tetrancistra File:Mammillaria vetula sub. gracils.JPG|
Mammillaria vetula File:Mammillaria pectinifera 5.JPG|
Mammillaria pectinifera == Distribution and habitat ==