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Woolly Nipple Cactus

Mammillaria nivosa

Mammillaria nivosa Link 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 LEEAB, PUEOO, BAH, LEESK, TCI, LEEAV, LEEVI, LEEGU, SOUTHERNAMERICA, LEEAG, TCI_OO, CARIBBEAN; S. Bahamas to Turks-Caicos Is., Puerto Rico (Mona I.) to Leeward Is..1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub or lithophyte, 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 nivosa Link ex Pfeiff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134896-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria nivosa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384011 ↩
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Native Habitat

S. Bahamas to Turks-Caicos Is., Puerto Rico (Mona I.) to Leeward Is.

Automatically collected source range/note: LEE_AB, PUE_OO, BAH, LEE_SK, TCI, LEE_AV, LEE_VI, LEE_GU, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, LEE_AG, TCI_OO, CARIBBEAN; S. Bahamas to Turks-Caicos Is., Puerto Rico (Mona I.) to Leeward Is..