Mammillaria discolor
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 discolor
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1812
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Mammillaria discolor. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
43 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cactus curvispinusName author: (Otto) Kuntze
- Cactus depressusName author: DC.
- Cactus discolorName author: (Haw.) Kuntze
- Cactus pseudomammillarisName author: Desf.
- Cactus spiniName author: Colla
- Chilita discolorName author: Orcutt
- Mammillaria aciculataName author: Hort.Berol. ex Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria albidaName author: Haage ex Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria amoenaName author: Hoppfer ex Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria canescensName author: Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria confinisName author: K.Schum.
- Mammillaria conifloraName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria curvispinaName author: Otto
- Mammillaria curvispinaName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor f. pulchellaName author: (Otto ex Linke) Schelle
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. discolorName author: Not supplied
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. esperanzaensisName author: (Boed.) D.R.Hunt
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. longispinaName author: (Repp.) Rogoz. & Plein
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. ochoterenaeName author: (Bravo) U.Guzmán
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. pachyrhizaName author: (Backeb.) Lodé
- Mammillaria discolor subsp. schmolliiName author: (Bravo) Linzen
- Mammillaria discolor var. aciculataName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. albidaName author: (Haage ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. conifloraName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. curvispinaName author: (Otto) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. longispinaName author: Repp.
- Mammillaria discolor var. nitensName author: (Otto ex Linke) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria discolor var. ochoterenaeName author: (Bravo) Repp.
- Mammillaria discolor var. proliferaName author: Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria discolor var. schmolliiName author: (Bravo) Repp.
- Mammillaria esperanzaensisName author: Boed.
- Mammillaria nitensName author: Otto ex Linke
- Mammillaria ochoterenaeName author: (Bravo) Werderm. ex Backeb.
- Mammillaria pachyrhizaName author: Backeb.
- Mammillaria porphyracanthaName author: Jacobi
- Mammillaria pseudomamillarisName author: Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria pulchellaName author: Otto ex Linke
- Mammillaria schmolliiName author: (Bravo) Werderm.
- Mammillaria spiniiName author: Colla ex Salm-Dyck
- Neomammillaria amoenaName author: (Hoppfer ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
- Neomammillaria discolorName author: (Haw.) Britton & Rose
- Neomammillaria ochoterenaeName author: Bravo
- Neomammillaria schmolliiName author: Bravo
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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