Mammillaria nana

Mammillaria nana

Mammillaria nana Backeb. 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, MXEHI, MXEZA, MXEQU, MXEGU, MXESL, MXEDU, NORTHERNAMERICA, MEXICO, MXE, MXETA; Mexico (Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí).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 nana Backeb.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069475-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria nana". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284212
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Mexico (Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí)

Automatically collected source range/note: MXE_AG, MXE_CU, MXE_HI, MXE_ZA, MXE_QU, MXE_GU, MXE_SL, MXE_DU, NORTHERN_AMERICA, MEXICO, MXE, MXE_TA; Mexico (Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí).