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Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer Aiton
Hortus Kew. (W. Aiton) 2: 150. 1789
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 177 (1812)

Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer (Mammillaria prolifera) Photo by: Frikkie Hall
Mammillaria prolifera with its bright red seedpods.

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera (Mill.) Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 177 (1812)
Synonymy: 19 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. arachnoidea (D.R.Hunt) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 6 1997.
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. haitiensis (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6. 1997
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. multiceps (Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (11 Oct. 2003) Remarks: first published in U.Guzmán et al., Catálogo Cact. Mex.: 152 (May 2003), without basionym reference
Synonymy: 25 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Mammillaria prolifera subs. zublerae (Repp.) D.R.Hunt
Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 6 (1997)
Synonymy: 4
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Nipple Cactus, Grape Cactus, Hair-covered Cactus, Pincushion Cactus, Silver-cluster Cactus, Little Candles, Texas Hair Cactus, West Indian Nipple-cactus, Texas Nipple Cactus
RUSSIAN (Русский): Маммилля́рия израста́ющая, Маммилля́рия побегоно́сная
SPANISH (Español): Biznaga Prolifera

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Mammillaria prolifera group


25580 carolina Carolina González
Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer (Mammillaria prolifera) Photo by: Carolina González
23898 carolina Carolina González
Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer (Mammillaria prolifera) Photo by: Carolina González

23517 agrawal K.k. Agrawal
Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer (Mammillaria prolifera) Photo by: K.k. Agrawal
23882 carolina Carolina González
Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer (Mammillaria prolifera) Photo by: Carolina González

24555 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus mammillaris var. prolifer (Mammillaria prolifera) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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