

Mexican pincushion cactus
Mammillaria magnimamma
Mammillaria magnimamma Haw. 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, MXEGU, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXCDF, MXEDU, MEXICO, MXGVC, MXC_MO; 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Mammillaria magnimamma Haw.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134794-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria magnimamma". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284530 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
Mexico
Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXE_GU, MXS_MI, MXS_JA, MXS_CL, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MXC_DF, MXE_DU, MEXICO, MXG_VC, MXC_MO; Mexico.