Coral Cactus

Mammillaria heyderi

Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. 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 MXEAG, MXECU, MXTTB, NWMOO, MXEGU, MXNBS, ARIOO, MXTCI, MXT, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXEDU, NWM; SE. Arizona to SW. Oklahoma and N. Mexico.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. "Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134685-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria heyderi". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384021
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SE. Arizona to SW. Oklahoma and N. Mexico

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXT_TB, NWM_OO, MXE_GU, MXN_BS, ARI_OO, MXT_CI, MXT, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXE_DU, NWM; SE. Arizona to SW. Oklahoma and N. Mexico.