- Family:
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Mammillaria Haw.
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.

Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
- Cactus actinopleus Kuntze
- Cactus amabilis Kuntze
- Cactus atrosanguineus Kuntze
- Cactus auricomus Kuntze
- Cactus auroreus Kuntze
- Cactus caronatus Willd.
- Cactus cylindricus Ortega
- Cactus eximius Kuntze
- Cactus heinei (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus isabellinus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus linkeanus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus mirabilis Kuntze
- Cactus polycentrus (A.Berg) Kuntze
- Cactus pomaceus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus pretiosus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus pulcherrimus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze
- Cactus tomentosus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus umbrinus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus vulpinus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Chilita umbrina (Ehrenb.) Orcutt
- Mammillaria actinoplea C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria albiseta C.F.Först. & Rümpler
- Mammillaria amabilis C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria atrosanguinea C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria auricoma C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria aurorea A.Dietr.
- Mammillaria caesia C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria castaneoides Lem. ex Labour.
- Mammillaria centraliplumosa Fittkau
- Mammillaria centraliplumosa var. gracilis Repp.
- Mammillaria coronaria Haw.
- Mammillaria coronaria var. beneckei Schelle
- Mammillaria coronaria var. nigra Schelle
- Mammillaria coronata G.Don
- Mammillaria crassior Repp.
- Mammillaria eximia C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria flava C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria gasterantha Repp.
- Mammillaria haasii J.Meyrán
- Mammillaria hepatica C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria herrmannii C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria herrmannii var. flavicans Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria isabellina C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria linkeana C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria mirabilis C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria neocoronaria F.M.Knuth
- Mammillaria pilcayensis Bravo
- Mammillaria polyacantha C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria polyactina C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria polycantha Lawr.
- Mammillaria polycentra A.Berg
- Mammillaria pomacea C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria poselgeriana J.N.Haage ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler
- Mammillaria pretiosa C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria pretiosa var. cristata Hildm. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler
- Mammillaria pruinosa C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria pulcherrima C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria purpurascens C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria sanguinea J.N.Haage ex Regel
- Mammillaria seegeri C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria seegeri var. gracilispina Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria seegeri var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Labour.
- Mammillaria seegeri var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. auricoma Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. auricoma (Gürke) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. aurorea (A.Dietr.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. brunnea (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. castaneoides (Lem. ex Labour.) Borg
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. eximia (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. eximia (Ehrenb.) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. flavida (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. flavida Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. genuina Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. haseloffii Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. hepatica (Ehrenb.) Labour.
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. herrmannii (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. isabellina (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. linkeana (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. pilcayensis (Bravo) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. pretiosa (Ehrenb.) Schelle
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. pruinosa (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. pulcherrima (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. rubens (Salm-Dyck) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. sanguinea (J.N.Haage ex Regel) Brandegee
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. seegeri (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. tepoxtlana D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria spinosissima f. typica Gürke
- Mammillaria spinosissima var. vulpina (Ehrenb.) Gürke
- Mammillaria tomentosa C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria tomentosa var. flava (C.Ehrenb.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria uhdeana Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria umbrina C.Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria virginis Fittkau & Kladiwa
- Mammillaria vulpina C.Ehrenb.
- Neomammillaria polycentra (A.Berg) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. auricoma (Gürke) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. aurorea (A.Dietr.) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. brunnea (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. flavida (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. isabellina (Gürke) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. pretiosa (Schelle) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria polycentra var. rubens (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria spinosissima (Lem.) Britton & Rose
- Neomammillaria umbrina (Ehrenb.) Britton & Rose
Mammillaria spinosissima Lem. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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8634.000 | No | ||||
Hunt [8105], Mexico | K000062989 | No | |||
K000250790 | No | ||||
Reppenhagen [934] | 64706.000 | No | |||
Hunt [8847], Mexico | K000062996 | No |
First published in Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 4 (1838)
Accepted by
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
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