Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto
First published in Icon. Pl. Select.: t. 26 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cactus atratus Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 1836: 4 (1836), nom. superfl.
- Cactus rhodanthus (Link & Otto) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Mammillaria atrata Hook. in Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3642 (1838), nom. superfl.
- Neomammillaria rhodantha (Link & Otto) Britton & Rose in Cact. 4: 121 (1923)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cactus acicularis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus aureiceps (Lem.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus canescens Moc. & Sessé ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 459 (1828)
- Cactus capillaris J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 107 (1894)
- Cactus centrispinus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus chrysacanthus (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus crassispinus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus fulvispinus (Haw.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus fuscatus (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
- Cactus nigricans (Fennel) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Cactus odierianus (Lem.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus phaeacanthus (Lem.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus pulcher (Haw.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus pyrrhochracanthus (Lem.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus rhodanthus var. sulphureospinus J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 107 (1894)
- Cactus ruficeps Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus rutilus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus stenocephalus (Scheidw.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus stueberi (C.F.Först.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Cactus tentaculatus (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
- Mammillaria acicularis Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 34 (1839)
- Mammillaria andreae (Otto ex Pfeiff.) J.Forbes in J. Hort. Tour Germany: 149 (1837)
- Mammillaria aurata Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria aurea C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 200 (1846)
- Mammillaria aureiceps Lem. in Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 8 (1838)
- Mammillaria bonavitii Repp. in Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens: 66 (1987)
- Mammillaria calacantha Tiegel in Kakteenkunde 1933: 232 (1933)
- Mammillaria centrispina Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 258 (1836)
- Mammillaria chrysacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 28 (1837)
- Mammillaria crassispina Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 406 (1840)
- Mammillaria crassispina var. gracilior Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 8 (1845)
- Mammillaria diacentra Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 91 (1856)
- Mammillaria erinacea H.L.Wendl. in Cat. Hort. Herrenhus.: ? (1835)
- Mammillaria eugenia Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 7 (1845)
- Mammillaria fera-rubra F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig in Mammill. Handb.: 309 (1945)
- Mammillaria flaviceps Scheidw. ex Labour. in Monogr. Cact.: 42 (1853)
- Mammillaria floccigera Otto ex Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 11 (1850)
- Mammillaria fulvispina Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 9: 105 (1829)
- Mammillaria fulvispina var. pyrrhocentra Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 10 (1850)
- Mammillaria fulvispina var. rubescens Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 10 (1850)
- Mammillaria fuscata Link & Otto ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 28 (1837)
- Mammillaria fuscata var. russea (A.Dietr.) Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 5: 3388 (1961)
- Mammillaria fuscata var. sulphurea (C.F.Först.) Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 5: 3388 (1961)
- Mammillaria hybrida Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria imbricata Wegener in Allg. Gartenzeitung 12: 66 (1844)
- Mammillaria inuncta Hoffmanns. in Preiss-Verzeichn. Pflanzen. 7: 23 (1833)
- Mammillaria karwinskiana var. centrispina (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 10 (1845)
- Mammillaria lanifera Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 12 (1850), nom. illeg.
- Mammillaria mollendorffiana Shurly in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 10: 19 (1948)
- Mammillaria mundtii K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 141 (1903)
- Mammillaria neglecta J.Forbes in J. Hort. Tour Germany: 149 (1837)
- Mammillaria nigricans Fennel in Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 66 (1847)
- Mammillaria nigricans Pfeiff. in Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: t. 23 (1848), nom. illeg.
- Mammillaria odieriana Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 46 (1839)
- Mammillaria odieriana var. aurea Salm-Dyck in Hort. Dyck.: 7 (1834)
- Mammillaria odieriana var. rigidior Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 98 (1850)
- Mammillaria odieriana var. rubra Sencke ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler in Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 295 (1885)
- Mammillaria odieriana var. subcurvata Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 83 (1856)
- Mammillaria olivacea Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 180 (1837)
- Mammillaria pfeifferi Booth ex Bosse in Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 4: 434 (1849)
- Mammillaria pfeifferi var. altissima Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 93 (1839)
- Mammillaria pfeifferi var. dichotoma Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 93 (1839)
- Mammillaria pfeifferi var. flaviceps Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 93 (1839)
- Mammillaria pfeifferi var. fulvispina Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 93 (1839)
- Mammillaria pfeifferi var. variabilis Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 93 (1839)
- Mammillaria phaeacantha Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 47 (1839)
- Mammillaria pulchra Haw. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1329 (1830)
- Mammillaria punctata Labour. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler in Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 293 (1885)
- Mammillaria pyramidalis Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 429 (1830), nom. nud.
- Mammillaria pyrrhocentra Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 10 (1850)
- Mammillaria pyrrhochracantha Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 51 (1839)
- Mammillaria radula Scheidw. ex C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 208 (1846)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. andreae (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 369 (1894)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. andreae Otto ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. aureiceps (Lem.) Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 7 (1845)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. aureiceps (Lem.) D.R.Hunt in Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 (1997)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. callaena (K.Schum.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. callaena K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. centrispina (Pfeiff.) Link ex C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 198 (1846)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. centrispina (Pfeiff.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 369 (1894)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. chrysacantha (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. chrysacantha (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. crassispina (Pfeiff.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. crassispina (Pfeiff.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. fera-rubra (F.Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) D.R.Hunt in Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. fulvispina (Haw.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. fuscata (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 551 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. fuscata (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. fuscata (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Rogoz. & Plein in Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 28: 28 (2004)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. major Monv. ex Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 98 (1839)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. mccartenii D.R.Hunt in Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. mollendorffiana (Shurly) D.R.Hunt in Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 8 (1997)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. neglecta Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. neglecta (J.Forbes) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 369 (1894)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. odieriana (Lem.) Rogoz. & Plein in Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 28: 88 (2004), contrary to Art. 52.1 ICBN (2000).
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. odieriana (Lem.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907), not validly publ.
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. pfeifferi (J.R.Booth ex Scheidw.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. pfeifferi (J.R.Booth ex Scheidw.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. prolifera Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. pyramidalis (K.Schum.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. pyramidalis K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. rubens Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. ruberrima K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. ruberrima (K.Schum.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. rubescens Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 97 (1850)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. rubra K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. ruficeps (Lem.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 369 (1894)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. ruficeps (Lem.) Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 11 (1850)
- Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. santarosensis Rogoz. & Plein in Mitt. Arbeitskreises Mammillarienfr. 28: 13 (2004)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. stenocephala (K.Schum.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. stenocephala K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 550 (1898)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. sulphurea (C.F.Först.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 369 (1894)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. sulphurea (C.F.Först.) Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 11 (1850)
- Mammillaria rhodantha f. tentaculata (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 257 (1907)
- Mammillaria rhodantha var. wendlandii Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 31 (1837)
- Mammillaria robusta Otto ex C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 207 (1846)
- Mammillaria ruficeps Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 37 (1839)
- Mammillaria russea A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 347 (1851)
- Mammillaria rutila Zucc. ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 29 (1837)
- Mammillaria rutila var. octospina Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 91 (1839)
- Mammillaria rutila var. pallidior Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 11 (1850)
- Mammillaria stenocephala Scheidw. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 43 (1841)
- Mammillaria stueberi C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 517 (1846)
- Mammillaria sulphurea C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 200 (1846)
- Mammillaria tentaculata Link & Otto ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 29 (1837)
- Mammillaria tentaculata var. conothele Monv. ex Labour. in Monogr. Cact.: 55 (1853)
- Mammillaria tentaculata var. picta C.F.Först. & Rümpler in C.F.Förster & K.T.Rümpler, Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 309 (1885)
- Mammillaria verticealba Repp. in Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens: 68 (1987)
- Mammillaria verticealba var. zacatecasensis Repp. in Gattung Mammill. nach dem Heutigen Stand Meines Wissens: 70 (1987)
- Neomammillaria alba (Y.Itô) Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 579 (1981), without basionym ref.
- Neomammillaria aureiceps (Lem.) Britton & Rose in Cact. 4: 114 (1923)
- Neomammillaria calacantha (Tiegel) Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 588 (1981), without basionym ref.
- Neomammillaria calacantha var. rubra (W.T.Neale) Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 588 (1981), not validly publ.
- Neomammillaria fuscata (Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.) Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 580 (1981), without basionym ref.
- Neomammillaria mollendorffiana (Shurly) Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 606 (1981), without basionym ref.
- Neomammillaria mundtii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose in Cact. 4: 112 (1923)
- Neomammillaria phaeacantha (Lem.) Britton & Rose in Cact. 4: 116 (1923)
- Neomammillaria rhodantha var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô in Cactaceae: 599 (1981), without basionym ref.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Hunt [8551], Mexico | K000062984 | No | |||
K000250672 | No | ||||
K000250673 | No | ||||
Bourgeau [47], Mexico | K000250877 | No | |||
K000250670 | No | ||||
Cooper [377-99] | K000250674 | No | |||
K000250671 | No | ||||
Mammillaria mollendorffiana | 22133.000 | holotype | No | ||
Mammillaria mollendorffiana | 6982.000 | No | |||
Reppenhagen [1296], Mexico | Mammillaria mundtii | K000062967 | No | ||
Hunt [8644], Mexico | Mammillaria rhodantha subsp. fera-rubra | K000062976 | No | ||
Hunt [8504], Mexico | Mammillaria aureiceps | K000062912 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. 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 Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0