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 ↩