Mammillaria eriacantha

Mammillaria eriacantha

Mammillaria eriacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is GUAOO, MEXICO, GUA, MXGVC, HON, CENTRALAMERICA, SOUTHERNAMERICA, MXG, HONOO, NORTHERNAMERICA; Mexico (C. Veracruz).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, seasonally dry tropical.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. "Mammillaria eriacantha Link & Otto ex Pfeiff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:150938-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria eriacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280486
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Mexico (C. Veracruz)

Automatically collected source range/note: GUA_OO, MEXICO, GUA, MXG_VC, HON, CENTRAL_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, MXG, HON_OO, NORTHERN_AMERICA; Mexico (C. Veracruz).