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Nickels' Cactus

Nickels' Cactus

Coryphantha nickelsiae

Coryphantha nickelsiae (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Coryphantha.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXEAG, MXECU, MXEHI, MXEZA, MXEQU, MXEGU, MXESL, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, TEX, MEXICO, SOUTHCENTRAL_USA; S. Texas to Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Coryphantha nickelsiae (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66584-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Coryphantha nickelsiae". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3084423 ↩
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Native Habitat

S. Texas to Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXE_HI, MXE_ZA, MXE_QU, MXE_GU, MXE_SL, MXE_DU, NORTHERN_AMERICA, TEX, MEXICO, SOUTH_CENTRAL_USA; S. Texas to Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León).