Mammillaria dixanthocentron

Mammillaria dixanthocentron Backeb. ex Mottram 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, MXS, MXSMI, MXESL, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXS_GR; Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca).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 dixanthocentron Backeb. ex Mottram". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50425694-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria dixanthocentron". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7465040 ↩