Mammillaria compressa
A species in the Cactaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Species
- Mammillaria compressa
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1828
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Mammillaria compressa. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
38 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cactus cirrhiferName author: (Mart.) Kuntze
- Cactus compressusName author: (DC.) Kuntze
- Cactus longisetusName author: (Muehlenpf.) Kuntze
- Cactus squarrosusName author: (Meinsch.) Kuntze
- Cactus subangularisName author: (DC.) Kuntze
- Cactus triacanthusName author: (DC.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria angularis f. compressaName author: (DC.) Schelle
- Mammillaria angularis f. fulvispinaName author: (K.Schum.) Schelle
- Mammillaria angularis f. longisetaName author: (Muehlenpf.) Schelle
- Mammillaria angularis f. triacanthaName author: (DC.) Schelle
- Mammillaria angularis var. compressaName author: K.Schum.
- Mammillaria angularis var. fulvescensName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria angularis var. fulvispinaName author: K.Schum.
- Mammillaria angularis var. longisetaName author: (Muehlenpf.) Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum.
- Mammillaria angularis var. triacanthaName author: (DC.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria cirrhiferaName author: Mart.
- Mammillaria cirrhifera var. angulosiorName author: Lem.
- Mammillaria cirrhifera var. longisetaName author: (Muehlenpf.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria cirriferaName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria compressa var. rubrispinaName author: Borg
- Mammillaria conopsea var. longispinaName author: Scheidw.
- Mammillaria kleinschmidtianaName author: Zeiss.
- Mammillaria longisetaName author: Muehlenpf.
- Mammillaria oettingeniiName author: Zeiss.
- Mammillaria plinthimorphaName author: Jacobi
- Mammillaria squarrosaName author: Meinsh.
- Mammillaria subangularisName author: DC.
- Mammillaria subcirrhiferaName author: C.F.Först.
- Mammillaria tolimensis var. brevispinaName author: R.T.Craig
- Mammillaria tolimensis var. longispinaName author: R.T.Craig
- Mammillaria tolimensis var. subuncinataName author: R.T.Craig
- Mammillaria triacanthaName author: DC.
- Neomammillaria compressaName author: (DC.) Britton & Rose
- Neomammillaria subangularisName author: (DC.) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria subangularis var. longisetaName author: (Salm-Dyck) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria subangularis var. rubrispinaName author: Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria tolimensis var. brevispinaName author: (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria tolimensis var. longispinaName author: (R.T.Craig) Y.Itô
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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