Mammillaria carnea

Mammillaria carnea Zucc. 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 MXCPU, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXCDF, MEXICO, MXG_VC, MXC; Mexico (Veracruz to Oaxaca).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 carnea Zucc. ex Pfeiff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134392-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria carnea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7281262 ↩