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Mammillaria albicoma
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Synonym(s):

M. albicoma

Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
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Mammillaria albilanata
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria ignota, Mammillaria fuaxiana, Mammillaria tegelbergiana, Mammillaria reppenhagenii, Mammillaria lanigera, Mammillaria noureddineana, Mammillaria igualensis, Mammillaria monticola, Mammillaria albilanata

M. albilanata

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria angelensis
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Synonym(s): Ebnerella angelensis, Chilita angelensis, Mammillaria dioca

M. amgelensis

Photo taken at: Desert Botanical Garden , Phoenix, AZ
Mammillaria backebergiana
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria ernestii, Mammillaria isotensis

M. backegergiana

Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria blossfeldiana
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Synonym(s): Ebnerella blossfeldiana, Mammillaria shurliana

M. blossfeldiana

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria bocasana
Common Name(s): Powder-Puff Pincushion
Synonym(s): Chilita bocasana, Ebenerella bocasana, Cactus eschauzieri, Neomammillaria eschauzieri, Mammillaria eschauzieri, Chilita eschauzieri, Mammillaria kunzeana, Chilita kunzeana, Ebnerella kunzeana, Mammillaria hirsuta, Chilita hirsuta, Neomammillaria longicoma, Mammillaria longicoma, Ebnerella longicoma, Mammillaria knebeliana, Ebnerella knebeliana, Chilita knebeliana, Mammillaria haehneliana, Ebnerella haehneliana

M. bocasana

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria bombycina
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Synonym(s): Neomammillaria bombycina, Chilita bombycina, Ebnerella bombycina

M. bombycina

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. bombycina		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria boolii
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Synonym(s): Chilita boolii

M. boolii

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria columbiana
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria ruestii, Neomammillaria yucatanensis, Mammillaria yucatanensis, Mammillaria hennisii, Mammillaria soehlemannii, Mammillaria chiapensis

M. columbiana

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria compressa
Common Name(s): Mother of Hundreds
Synonym(s): Mammillaria conopea, Mammillaria esseriana, Mammillaria tolimensis, Mammillaria bernalensis, Mammillaria centralifera

M. compressa

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

M. compressa 		Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

Mammillaria crinita
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Synonym(s): Ebnerella crinita, Chilita crinita, Mammillaria criniformis, Mammillaria wildii, Mammillaria schelhasii, Ebnerella schelhasii, Mammillaria painteri, Ebnerella painteri, Neomammillaria pygmaea, Mammillaria pygmaea, Ebnerella pygmaea, Chilita pygmaea, Mammillaria aurihamata, Ebnerella aurhamata, Chilita aurihamata, Mammillaria erectohamata, Ebnerella erectohamata, Chilita erectohamata, Mammillaria pubispina, Ebnerella pubispina, Chilita pubispina, Mammillaria zeilmanniana, Ebnerella zeilmanniana, Chilita zeilmanniana, Mammillaria leucantha, Mammillaria gilensis, Ebnerella gilensis, Chilita gilensis, Mammillaria aureoviridis, Mammillaria calleana, Mammillaria mollihamata, Mammillaria monancistracantha, Mammillaria cadereytana, Mammillaria nana, Mammillaria duwei, Mammillaria variabilis, Mammillaria brevicrinita, Mammillaria puberula, Mammillaria moeller-valdeziana, Mammillaria felipensis, Mammillaria tezontle, Mammillaria scheinvariana

M. crinita

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. crinita		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. crinita		 Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA

M. crinita		 Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria crucigera
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria buchenaui, Mammillaria tlalcii, Mammillaria crucigera

M. crucigera

Photo taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection, Orange, CA
Mammillaria decipiens
Common Name(s): Birds's Nest Pincushion
Synonym(s): Chilita decipiens, Dolichothele decipiens, Pseudomammillaria decipiens, Mammillaria albescens, Pseudomammillaria albescens, Dolichothele albescens, Mammillaria camptotricha, Dolichothele camptotricha

M. decipiens

Photo taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection, Orange, CA
Mammillaria dioica
Common Name(s): Strawberry Cactus, California Fishhook Cactus
Synonym(s): Ebnerella dioica, Chilita dioica, Mammillaria goodridgii

M. dioica

Photo taken at: Anza Borrego, State Park, CA

M. dioica		 Photo taken at: Cabrillo National Monument, CA

M. dioica 		Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria elongata
Common Name(s): Ladyfinger Cactus
Synonym(s): Chilita elongata, Leptocladodia elongata, Mammillaria echinaria, Chilita echinaria

M. elongata

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria fraileana
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Synonym(s): Neomammillaria fraileana, Chilita fraileana, Ebnerella fraileana, Mammillaria albicans

M. fraileana

Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA

M. fraileana		 Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria geminispina
Common Name(s): Twin-Spined Cactus, Whitey
Synonym(s): Mammillaria elengans, Mammillaria leucocentra, Mammillaria albata

M. geminispina

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. gemnispina		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. geminispina		 Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

M. geminispina		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria glassii
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria ascensionis

M. glassii

Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria glochidiata
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Synonym(s): Chilita glochidiata, Ebnerella glochidiata, Mammillaria wildii, Chilita wildii, Ebnerella wildii

M. glochidiata

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria grahamii
Common Name(s): Arizona Fishhook Cactus, Black-Spined Pincushion, Fishhook Pincushion, Graham's Fishook, Lizard Catcher, Miller's Pincushion, Olive's Pincushion, Sunset Cactus
Synonym(s): Chilita grahamii, Mammillaria microcarpa, Chilita microcarpa, Ebnerella microcarpa, Mammillaria oliviae, Chilita oliviae, Ebnerella oliviae, Neomammillaria milleri, Chilita milleri, Mammillaria milleri

M. grahamii

Photo taken at: Saguaro National Park, West Unit, AZ

M. grahamii		 Photo taken at: Desert Botanical Garden , Phoenix, AZ
Mammillaria guelzowiana
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Synonym(s): Krainzia guelzowiana, Phellosperma guelzowiana

M. guelzowiana

Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Vista, CA
(Sorry this one's a little blurry!)
Mammillaria guerreronis
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Synonym(s): Neomammillaria guerreronis, Mammillaria zopilotensis

M. guerreronis

Photo taken at: Larry Nichols Private Collection, CA
Mammillaria hahniana
Common Name(s): Old Lady Pincushion
Synonym(s): Neomammillaria mendeliana, Mammillaria mendeliana, Mammillaria woodsii, Mammillaria bravoae

M. hahniana

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. hahniana		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. hahniana
subsp. woodsii		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Subspecies: woodsii
Mammillaria hernandezii
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M. hernandezii

Photo taken at: Grigsby Cactus Gardens, Vista, CA
Mammillaria herrerae
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Synonym(s): Chilita herrerae

M. herrerae

Photo taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection, Orange, CA
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
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Synonym(s):

M. huitzilopochtli

Photo taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection, Orange, CA

M. huitzilopochtli		 Photo taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection, Orange, CA

M. huitzilopochtli		 Photo taken at: Gene Schroeder's Private Collection, Orange, CA
Mammillaria karwinskiana
Common Name(s): Royal Cross
Synonym(s): Mammillaria praelii, Mammillaria multiseta, Mammillaria collinsii, Mammillaria confusa, Mammillaria strobilina, Mammillaria nejapensis, Mammillaria neomystax, Mammillaria ebenacantha, Mammillaria jozef-bergeri, Mammillaria beiselii, Mammillaria nagliana, Mammillaria tropica

M. karwinskiana

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria lauii
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): M. dasyacantha


M. lauii
Subsp. subducta

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Subspecies: subducta
Mammillaria longiflora
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Synonym(s): Neomammillaria longiflora, Chilita longiflora, Krainzia longiflora, Phellosperma longiflora, Mammillaria stamperfi


M. longiflora
subsp. stamperfi

Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Subspecies: stamperfi
Mammillaria longimamma
Common Name(s): Finger Cactus, Nipple Cactus, Pinapple Cactus
Synonym(s): Dolichothele longimamma, Mammillaria uberiformis, Dolicholthele uberiformis


M. longimamma

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria magnihahha
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M. magnihahha

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Mammillaria magnimamma
Common Name(s): Mexican Pincushion
Synonym(s): Mammillaria macracantha, Mammillaria zuccariniana, Mammillaria centricirrha, Mammillaria bucareliensis, Mammillaria vagaspina, Mammillaria priessnitzii, Mammillaria saxicola, Mammillaria vallensis, Mammillaria rioverdensis

M. magnimamma

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M. magnimamma		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria marksiana
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M. marksiana

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. marksiana		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

Mammillaria matudae
Common Name(s): Thumb Cactus
Synonym(s): Mammillaria compacticaulis

M. matudae

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. matudae		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria melaleuca
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Synonym(s): Dolichothele melaleuca

M. melaleuca

Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria melanocentra
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria rubrograndis, Mammillaria linaresensis

M. melanocentra

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria muehlenpfordtii
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria celsiana, Mammillaria neopotosina

M. muehlenpfordtii

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria multidigitata
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M. multidigitata

Photo taken at: Desert Botanical Garden , Phoenix, AZ
Mammillaria mystax
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria crispiseta, Mammillaria casoi, Mammillaria huajuapensis, Mammillaria mixtecensis, Mammillaria atroflorens, Mammillaria erythra

M. mystax

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. mystax		 Photo taken at: Altman Growing Grounds, Vista, CA
Mammillaria perbella
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria cadereytensis, Mammillaria infernillensis, Mammillaria queretarica, Mammillaria avila-camachoi

M. perbella

Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria plumosa
Common Name(s): Feather Cactus
Synonym(s): Chilita plumosa, Ebnerella plumosa

M. plumosa

Photo taken at: Grigsby Cactus Gardens, Vista, CA
Mammillaria rhodantha
Common Name(s): Rainbow Pincushion
Synonym(s): Mammillaria aureiceps, Cactus pringlei, Mammillaria pringlei, Mammillaria calacantha, Mammillaria fera-rubra, Mammillaria parensis, Mammillaria mollendorffiana, Mammillaria bonavitii, Mammillaria verticealba, Mammillaria rhodantha

M. rhodantha

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria saboae
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria goldii, Mammillaria haudeana

M. saboae

Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA
Mammillaria sartorii
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Synonym(s): Neomammillaria tenampensis, Mammillaria tenampensis

M. sartorii

Photo taken at: Grigsby Cactus Gardens, Vista, CA
Mammillaria schumannii
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Synonym(s): Bartschella schumannii

M. schumannii

Photo taken at: C&J Cactus Nursery, Vista, CA

M. schumannii		 Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA

M. schumannii		 Photo taken at: Cal Cactus, Bonsall, CA
Mammillaria sempervivi
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M. sempervivi

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria sonorensis
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria craigii, Mammillaria bellisiana, Mammillaria movensis, Mammillaria tesopacensis, Mammillaria tinuvieliae

M. sonorensis

Photo taken at: Desert Botanical Garden , Phoenix, AZ

Mammillaria spinosissima
Common Name(s): Irish Red-Head
Synonym(s): Mammillaria auricoma, Mammillaria pitcayensis, Mammillaria pilcayensis, Mammillaria centraliplumosa, Mammillaria virginis, Mammmillaria crassior, Mammillaria gasterantha, Mammillaria haasii

M. spinosissima

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

M. spinosissima		 Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria standleyi
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Synonym(s): Neomammillaria standleyi, Neomammillaria xanthina, Chilita xanthina, Mammillaria xanthina, Mammillaria auricantha, Mammillaria auritricha, Mammillaria lanisumma, Mammillaria mayensis, Mammillaria montensis, Mammillaria floresii

M. standleyi

Photo taken at: Desert Botanical Garden , Phoenix, AZ
Mammillaria supertexta
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria lanata, Neomammillaria lanata, Mammilllaria martinezii

M. supertexta

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA

Mammillaria tetrancistra
Common Name(s): California Pincushion, Corky-Seed Fishhook Cactus, Corky-Seed Pincushion
Synonym(s): Phellosperma tetrancistra

M. tetrancistra

Photo taken at: My Collection, San Clemente, CA
Mammillaria theresae
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M. theresae

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Mammillaria voburnensis
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Synonym(s): Mammillaria eichlamii, Mammillaria woburensis, Mammillaria felicis

M. voburnensis

Photo taken at: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
*Currently 53 of 171 known species shown in this genus.