Species

Mammillaria herrerae

Mammillaria herrerae

Mammillaria herrerae

Mammillaria herrerae Werderm. 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 Hidalgo).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 herrerae Werderm.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:151092-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Mammillaria herrerae". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7279962

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